Boccaccioβs pre-renaissance implications on morality and censorship in the decameron
Writing in Italy during the 14th century, Boccaccio is caught in the historical dichotomy between the blind adherence to the Church that permeated the Middle Ages and the emerging Humanism that characterized the Renaissance. While Boccaccio does acknowledge in his epilogue that his stories can be perceived as amoral, he ultimately argues that morality β