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Boccaccio dies at Certaldo on 21 December 1375 after illness interrupted the Dante lectures

Illness that broke the Dante readings is neighbouring context already on the lecture row. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Boccaccio dies at Certaldo on 21 December 1375 after illness interrupted the Dante lectures

Sources: [1][2]

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Context

Death ends agency. Illness that broke the Dante readings is neighbouring context already on the lecture row. Posthumous editions are not his acts.

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

Britannica: death at Certaldo 21 December 1375. Decameron Web: illness after the 1373 lectures. Later house-museum tourism is not a lifetime act.

Why it matters

Death 1375-12-21 is an outcome path of high confidence on the standard date.

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. FactBoccaccio dies at Certaldo on 21 December 1375 after illness interrupted the Dante lectures
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 21 December 1375 · verified

    Death 1375-12-21 is an outcome path of high confidence on the standard date.

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.3 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = 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 records death at Certaldo on 21 December 1375. Decameron Web independently closes the life file with illness and Certaldo.

Giovanni Boccaccio did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. No UNESCO/museum as lifetime act.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorGiovanni Boccaccio
  2. contributed toFactBoccaccio dies at Certaldo on 21 December 1375 after illness interrupted the Dante lectures
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Boccaccio dies at Certaldo on 21 December 1375 after illness interrupted the Dante lectures. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-death-1375

https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-death-1375

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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