“Forgers of Falsehood, Physicians of Nought”: Retailing Fictions in Boccaccio’s Decameron

By T. F. Gittes

Whereas Petrarch’s portrait of his doctor in Invectives Against a Physician is deliberately caricatural and seized at a glance, Boccaccio’s attitude towards doctors in the Decameron is far harder to grasp and easily overlooked. Yet, doctors and…

Listed in Article | publication by group Iter Community

Preview publication

Version 1.0 - published on 20 Apr 2025

Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0

0 questions (Ask a question)

0 review(s) (Review this)

232 total view(s), 120 download(s)

Usage

Views

18

1 1 27 9 13 7 2 16 11 12 16 12 18 13 14 18 6 9 9 18

The above numbers reflect non-unique views of the page, which may include multiple views in the same day by the same user.

Downloads

2

0 0 28 5 12 2 0 19 4 2 7 4 6 11 5 6 4 3 0 2

The above numbers reflect non-unique user access to the linked content, which includes but is not limited to primary access button clicks, bundle downloads, and supporting documents.

Iter Community

Iter Community group image

When watching a publication, you will be notified when a new version is released.