Week VI

Tuesday 5th November at 18:00

We come to Day X under King Panfilo’s rule and our last 10 stories, featuring people who have acted with magnanimity and great generosity. Boccaccio’s rendering of the well-known ‘Tale of Griselda’ had an immediate and important impact on English literature. In our final session we will examine the impact of this story and the whole of The Decameron on the Italian and European literary tradition.