In this collection of stories, Gabriel Chappuys, France’s most prolific sixteenth-century translator, offers up a blend of humor, adventure, tragedy, and burlesque. Inspired by Italian storytellers, his book constitutes an overview of the novellistica that flourished in the wake of Giovanni Boccaccio.
Keyword: Italianism, anecdote, religion, hypocrisy, marriage, Matteo Bandello, François de Belleforest, Bonaventure Des Periers, Marguerite de Navarre, sixteenth-century literature
