One character in this work gets the daughter of a noble family to marry him by showing her the ghost ofa suicidal knight ritually killing and disemboweling the ghost of his dead lover. Another character visits herlover to borrow a falcon and save her son, only to be served that falcon for dinner. In this work, the worstman in the world becomes revered as a saint after admitting only minor sins in his deathbed confession.The last section of this work inspired Chaucer's "Clerk's Tale" with its tal
One character in this work gets the daughter of a noble family to marry him by showing her the ghost ofa suicidal knight ritually killing and disemboweling the ghost of his dead lover. Another character visits herlover to borrow a falcon and save her son, only to be served that falcon for dinner. In this work, the worstman in the world becomes revered as a saint after admitting only minor sins in his deathbed confession.The last section of this work inspired Chaucer's "Clerk's Tale" with its tale of patient Griselda, and its framestory describes a brigata of nobles including Fiammetta and Dioneo. For 10 points, name this collection ofstories by Italian humanist Giovanni Boccaccio.
One character in this work gets the daughter of a noble family to marry him by showing her the ghost ofa suicidal knight ritually killing and disemboweling the ghost of his dead lover.
The Decameron [or Il Decameron]