The Decameron is a word of Greek origin that means "ten days," and Boccaccio took it as the title of a book he wrote about and for women. In this book, he addressed women, wanting to entertain them, as he saw them as deprived of the means of amusement and amusement available to men, in that dark period of European history. The Decameron contains stories told over the course of ten days by ten young people: seven women and three men. They happen to meet in the new church of Santa Maria, and agree to escape the plague epidemic that swept Florence in 1348 AD. They go to live in one of the palaces in the countryside, and in each... One of the ten nights, and one of the ten people takes turns leading the conversation, as he tells about an emotional adventure, aiming to entertain them. Although it was written in the Middle Ages, it still retains its literary luster and moral impact. It is considered one of the most translated books into foreign languages ¿¿throughout history, whether in Italy or abroad.