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''The Decameron'' is a classic work of [[Useful Notes/Italy|Italian]] literature, written c.1350-53 by [[
In the midst of [[The Black Death]], ten wealthy Florentines decamp to the countryside with their retinue, and pass their days in storytelling, an attempt to reclaim a world that everywhere is dying.
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Famous stories include:
* Day 1, story 1: Ciapelletto, a notoriously wicked [[Amoral Attorney]] and scoundrel (he's a murder, forger, perjurer and [[Depraved Bisexual]] among many other things) on business to a region he is unknown in and falls terminally ill. His slightly less evil companions bring a monk from a nearby convent to confess him and give him last rites. Ciappelletto proceeds to tell him the most ridiculous lies about his life and how holy he's been the whole time, while pretending to cringe over venial sins. {{spoiler|He is completely believed by the friar, who preaches a sermon on his life and ends with everyone there believing him a [[Villain
* Day 1, story 2: A Jew converts to Catholicism after seeing the corruption of Rome, reasoning that if Christianity can still spread even when its hierarchy is so sinful, it has to have something else going for it
* Day 3, story 1: Masetto da Lamporecchio feigns to be dumb to win a seat as gardener in a convent. He ends up having sex with all of the nuns.
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* [[Toilet Humour]]
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Putting the Devil back into Hell".
* [[Villain
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: (Day 1, story 1), (Day 4, story 2), (Day 5, story 1).
* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]]: Alibech (Day 3, story 10).
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