Link: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/
Project Status: Ongoing
Decameron Web offers an integrated digital platform for the study of Boccaccio’s major work, The Decameron. Users are able to navigate material pertaining to the historical, literary, and cultural contexts of the Decameron’s production and reception and to access a full text of the work in its original Italian and English translation. The site incorporates educational activities for teachers and interactive resources for students. The Decameron Web is the only digital resource currently available for the study of Boccaccio’s Decameron and is a very valuable tool for students, scholars, and instructors alike.
* National History Day Selected Resource *
Resource details:
Resource Type: Map, Multimedia, Portal/Gateway, Teaching Resources, Text: Medieval, Text: Modern
License: Must provide credit, No Fee
Modern Language: English
Language of Modern Translation: English
Medieval content details:
Dates: 1330 - 1400
Subject: Anticlericalism, Clergy, Gender, Mendicants, Monks, Nobility, Gentry, Nuns, Plague, Disease, Priests, Bishops, Canons, Recreation, Entertainment, Towns, Cities, Women, Women Religious
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Comedy, Satire, Literature, Prose, Textual Evidence
Geopolitical Region: Europe, Italy
Original Language: Italian
Medieval Creators: Boccaccio, Giovanni