Boccaccio's 'Decameron' and de Ferrieres's 'Songe de Pestilence.' (Giovanni Bocaccio, Henri de Ferrieres) From: The Explicator | Date: September 22, 1994| Author: Hyatte, Reginald | COPYRIGHT 1994 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The introduction to Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron' describes fully the 1348 plague in Florence, Italy. However, the subsequent narratives do not include this historical event. The theory is forwarded that the planetary influences which Boccaccio refers to is significant of the absence of physical illness in the subsequent stories. As in Henri de Ferrieres' 'Le songe de pestilence,' the plague is interpreted vis-a-vis corruption and perversion of Church and state.

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