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Florence sends Boccaccio on embassy toward Pope Urban V at Avignon in the mid-1360s as received

Standard lives record return to Florentine missions in 1365, including Avignon, and later congratulations when the papacy returned to Rome in 1367. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Context

Shared priors remain. Poverty and illness of later years are not this mission.

Giovanni Boccaccio’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Standard lives record return to Florentine missions in 1365, including Avignon, and later congratulations when the papacy returned to Rome in 1367. Acciaioli’s Naples disappointments are related-person notes, not this embassy.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactFlorence sends Boccaccio on embassy toward Pope Urban V at Avignon in the mid-1360s as received
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1365 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Decameron Web — Boccaccio’s lifeBrown University / Decameron Web · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Giovanni BoccaccioEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Decameron Web and Britannica independently record Boccaccio’s diplomatic service for Florence in the 1360s, including the Avignon/Urban V neighbourhood.

Giovanni Boccaccio did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGiovanni Boccaccio
  2. contributed toFactFlorence sends Boccaccio on embassy toward Pope Urban V at Avignon in the mid-1360s as received
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Florence sends Boccaccio on embassy toward Pope Urban V at Avignon in the mid-1360s as received. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-avignon-1365

https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-avignon-1365

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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