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On Famous Women


 

De mulieribus claris (Latin for On Famous Women) is a collection of biographies of women by Giovanni Boccaccio. It was inspired by Petrarch's collection of lives of famous men.

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Latin - Biographies - Women - Giovanni Boccaccio - Petrarch

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The collection was used by Geoffrey Chaucer, and inspired Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies.

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Geoffrey Chaucer - Christine de Pizan - The Book of the City of Ladies

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