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What diplomatic roles did Giovanni Boccaccio serve for Florence?
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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.
During the period when Giovanni Boccaccio is believed to have composed the Decameron, the Florentine government appointed him to several diplomatic roles:
- 1350: He served as an ambassador to the lords of Romagna.1
- 1351: He acted as a municipal councilor and as an ambassador to Louis, the duke of Bavaria, in the Tirol.1
- 1354: He served as an ambassador to Pope Innocent VI.1