The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio

Brought up on Modern Wisdom, most recently on 2026-07-23.

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Where it came up

• Modern Wisdom · Something Scary Is Happening In Biolabs - Annie Jacobsen · at 2:18:21 · 2026-07-23

  “There's a famous book called The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio and an Italian notary and he writes about what it was like at that time”Discussed

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