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Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet and scholar Giovanni Boccaccio, detail of a fresco by Andrea del Castagno; in the Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia, Florence.
While Giovanni Boccaccio was sent to Naples by his father around 1328 primarily to learn business in the office of the Bardi, he also pursued formal academic studies. During his time in the city, he studied canon law.1
Beyond his formal education, his years in Naples were highly influential for his intellectual development; he immersed himself in the courtly environment, where he interacted with learned men and admirers of Petrarch, which eventually introduced him to Petrarch's work.1