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The Decameron and Canterbury Tales
June 13, 2011 | 
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It all began with Boccaccio! -
For the English Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are ground breaking because they are the first stories in England written in the vernacular, (Middle English), at the end of the 14th century when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin – but the concept of these stories came from Florence nearly half a century before.
The BM Bookshop – Borgognissanti, 4r
3rd June 2011
As immortalised by Maggie Smith in Tea with Mussolini the jingoistic English chose to teach the Italians “a little basic English” in preference to the learning the language of their country of choice! Thankfully, these days I think everyone I know in Florence is learning – or trying to learn -”a little basic Italian” – at last!
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If you are looking to Study Italian in the City of Florence I strongly recommend the School with a View – Centro Fiorenza – where they have a mixed Italian cultural and language programme, delightful teachers and you study in rooms of an ancient Palazzo overlooking the Arno. For details check out www.centrofiorenza.com
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