{"product_id":"famous-women-by-giovanni-boccaccio-9780674003477","title":"Famous Women","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the composition of the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e, and under the influence of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopaedic works in Latin. Among them is \u003cem\u003eFamous Women\u003c\/em\u003e, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries. In the hands of a master storyteller, these brief biographies afford a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFamous Women\u003c\/em\u003e, which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on many literary works, including Chaucer's \u003cem\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e and Castiglione's \u003cem\u003eCourtier\u003c\/em\u003e. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470589575404,"sku":"9780674003477","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674003477-famous-women.jpg?v=1775222184","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/famous-women-by-giovanni-boccaccio-9780674003477","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}