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He was about contemporary with [[Chaucer]] being born in [[1335]]. He was brought up to a commercial life, but afterwards devoted himself to literature, and took a considerable part in politics, being sent on various embassies by the [[Florentine Republic]]. On one of them he was plundered at sea by Pisan war ships; and, at a later date, the property he possessed near [[Florence]] was laid waste in the war with [[Gian Galeazzo Visconti]]. The date of his death is uncertain but it probably took place during the first few years of the [[Fifteenth Century]]. |
He was about contemporary with [[Chaucer]] being born in [[1335]]. He was brought up to a commercial life, but afterwards devoted himself to literature, and took a considerable part in politics, being sent on various embassies by the [[Florentine Republic]]. On one of them he was plundered at sea by Pisan war ships; and, at a later date, the property he possessed near [[Florence]] was laid waste in the war with [[Gian Galeazzo Visconti]]. The date of his death is uncertain but it probably took place during the first few years of the [[Fifteenth Century]]. |
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He wrote [[sonnets]], ''[[canzoni]]'', [[madrigals]], and other poems; but his best known works are his ''Novelle'' or short stories. They were originally 300 in number, but today there remains only 258, The remainder having been lost. They were not fitted into any framework like that of [[Boccaccio]]'s ''[[Decameron]]''. The best of them are of a |
He wrote [[sonnets]], ''[[canzoni]]'', [[madrigals]], and other poems; but his best known works are his ''Novelle'' or short stories. They were originally 300 in number, but today there remains only 258, The remainder having been lost. They were not fitted into any framework like that of [[Boccaccio]]'s ''[[Decameron]]''. The best of them are of a humorous character; and their style is more simple and colloquial than Boccaccio's. The story given as a specimen probably exists (under one form or another) in the folk tales of every European nation. It exists in the ballad of ''[[King John and the Abbot of Canterbury]]'' for example. |
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Revision as of 23:31, 28 August 2007
Franco Sachetti (1335 - ?) was a Florentine poet.
He was about contemporary with Chaucer being born in 1335. He was brought up to a commercial life, but afterwards devoted himself to literature, and took a considerable part in politics, being sent on various embassies by the Florentine Republic. On one of them he was plundered at sea by Pisan war ships; and, at a later date, the property he possessed near Florence was laid waste in the war with Gian Galeazzo Visconti. The date of his death is uncertain but it probably took place during the first few years of the Fifteenth Century.
He wrote sonnets, canzoni, madrigals, and other poems; but his best known works are his Novelle or short stories. They were originally 300 in number, but today there remains only 258, The remainder having been lost. They were not fitted into any framework like that of Boccaccio's Decameron. The best of them are of a humorous character; and their style is more simple and colloquial than Boccaccio's. The story given as a specimen probably exists (under one form or another) in the folk tales of every European nation. It exists in the ballad of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury for example.
References
- The Humour of Italy, A. Werner, London, W. Scott Ltd.