Giovanni Boccaccio vs Petrarch
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Compare the life timelines of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) and Petrarch (1304–1374) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1313 to 1374.
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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
- — Born in Tuscany Verified
- — Moved to Naples to train in banking Verified
- — Turned to literature at the Angevin court of Naples Verified
- — Returned to Florence Verified
- — Witnessed the Black Death in Florence Verified
- — Wrote the Decameron Verified
- — Met Petrarch in Florence Verified
- — Served Florence on diplomatic missions Verified
- — Began public lectures on Dante's Divine Comedy Verified
- — Died in Certaldo Verified
Petrarch (1304–1374)
- — Born in Arezzo Verified
- — Family moved to Avignon Verified
- — Studied law at Montpellier and Bologna Verified
- — First sight of Laura
- — Ascent of Mont Ventoux
- — Crowned poet laureate in Rome Verified
- — Discovered Cicero's letters to Atticus in Verona Verified
- — Moved to Milan under Visconti patronage Verified
- — Retired to Arquà in the Euganean Hills Verified
- — Died at Arquà Verified