De casibus virorum illustrium
On the Fates of Famous Men
Author
Language
Year
1373
Country
Italy
Genre
Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)
medieval europe
renaissance
biographies
history
mythology
De casibus virorum illustrium is a work of 56 biographies in Latin prose composed by the Florentine poet Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo in the form of moral stories of the falls of famous people, similar to his work of 106 biographies De Mulieribus Claris.Wikipedia →
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