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Il Corbaccio issues a misogynist invective under Boccaccio’s name, a different book from De mulieribus

Dated 1 January 1365: Il Corbaccio issues a misogynist invective under Boccaccio’s name, a different book from De mulieribus. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Context

It does not cancel De mulieribus; mixed books stay split.

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

Britannica lists Il Corbaccio among the works. Conventional dating sits in the 1360s. This is not the Decameron and not De mulieribus. Later readers’ disgust or defence is reception.

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. FactIl Corbaccio issues a misogynist invective under Boccaccio’s name, a different book from De mulieribus
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1365 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

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

      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

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

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

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

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

Britannica names Il Corbaccio as a distinct work in the oeuvre. Decameron Web independently keeps the life-and-works sequence in which later moralising and invective sit beside the Decameron.

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 toFactIl Corbaccio issues a misogynist invective under Boccaccio’s name, a different book from De mulieribus
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Il Corbaccio issues a misogynist invective under Boccaccio’s name, a different book from De mulieribus. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-corbaccio

https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-corbaccio

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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

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