![]() ![]() The first one ridiculed the then-practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Mainly, the first three stories are about religion. They decided each to occupy themselves with a story for ten days, just to diminish their boredom. The Introduction of The Decameron basically just told of how young people decided to escape the confines of medieval Christian civilization and decided to have a glorious time in the countryside. Below are a few stories from the Decameron that might help us understand Boccaccio’s views on women: Day 1 Beating them, hurting them, embarrassing them and worst- eating them for breakfast, literally.įrom reading The Decameron, it is difficult to give an assessment of which is the better side of the author. The misogynistic side of this book is that there are tales of men abusing women. ![]()
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