Chaucer,Boccaccio,and the debate of love

Comparative study of NS Thompson, Chaucer, Boccaccio, and Love of the Love: Decameron and The Canterbury Tales Oxford: Clarendon, 1996; 354 ​​pp; Nigel Thompson's book refuses to contradict the current problems in the study of the late medieval period I will. The audience of the work, acceptance, imitation, contemporary social and political development, how these works are reflected or influenced, or nationalism and internationalism in the work of the 20th century.

Some of Joe's Canterbury tales are based on Boccaccio's work. For example, the first story of Chaucer, the story of the knight is a summary version of Boccaccio Teseida. José tightened the structure of Boccaccio's Teseida, changed several scenes of the general scenario, and deepened the original philosophy. In The Knight's Tale, Arcite calls itself "Philostrate" and suggests Boccaccio's Filostrato. So Chaucer suggests that Philostrat and Teseida are from the same writer - Boccaccio

One reason why Chaucer believes in contact with Petrarch or Boccaccio is a lot of Chaucer's trip from Britain to the continent of Europe. Jot happens to be in the same area as Petrarch and Boccaccio. Another reason is the influence Petrarch and Boccaccio's work gave to Joe's literary work. Jos went to several overseas business trips from 1367 to 1378 from the UK to the mainland. During at least one of his trips he may meet in Petrarch or Boccaccio, or perhaps Italy. Historian Donald Howard, Professor Walter William Skeet and Dr. Fanibar say there is sufficient evidence that Chaucer met Petrarch in Alqua or Padua.

Jose found inspiration in several stories of medieval Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio. A story called the 'January Garden' (the tenth day, the fifth story), a lot of literary researchers compared with Boccaccio 's Decameron (1340' s) and Joe 's Canterbury story (1380' s). In this story, Boccaccio introduces a marriage event where a handsome boss tests his wife's beliefs and devotion to her husband. "The story of Franklin" is also the story of Boccaccio's story Il Filocolo (1330s) that conveys stories about lovers, marriages, and men and wife's choices when they make contact with the incident.