2. 1313
• He was probably born in Certaldo, between June
and July;
1327-28
• He went to Naples to study and practice the
mercant banking;
1340-41
• He return to Florence;
1349-51
• He wrote the Decameron in Tuscan vernacular;
1351
• He was hosted by Petrarca in Padua;
1363
• He spent a long time in Venice;
1373-74
• He pronouncedreadings which then constitute the
‘’Exposures on the Comedìa’’;
1375
• He died in Certaldo on December 21°
•Certaldo
•Naples
• Venice
•Padua
•Florence
3. The author addresses the issue of religious tolerance.
Boccaccio suggests replacing the falls assumptions of human superiority of those who claim
to posses universal explainations.
The intelligence Milchizedek
• The Jew offers to saladin a methaphor for the condition of the three great monotheistic religions;
• He proves to the sultan to be a man of values, able to use intelligence and luck;
• The ‘’greatest gift’’ earned by the usurer after the loan to Saladin is the economic counterpart.
4.
5. Tolerance
Toleration is the practice of deliberately
allowing or permitting a thing of which
one disapproves
It has also been definied as ‘’to bear or
endure’’ or ‘’to nourish, sustain or
preserve’’
Tolerance is an attitude of mind that
implies non-judgmental acceptance of
different lifestyles or
