Giovanni Boccaccio and the Jurists of the Renaissance

Authors

  • Rafael Ramis Barceló Rafael Ramis Barceló Universitat de les Illes Balears-IEHM Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)

Keywords:

Boccaccio, Jurists, Renaissance, Legal Humanism, Legal Literature

Abstract

This article studies the reception of the works by Boccaccio in the Jurists of the Renaissance, from 1400 to 1640. This topic never has been systematically studied and here a general prospective is proposed by searching quotations to Boccaccio into the legal works. The article attempts to answer four questions: 1) What jurists quoted Boccaccio?; 2) What orientation did these Jurists have?; 3) In what kind of works did the Jurists mention Boccaccio?; 4) Which works of Boccaccio were most cited by Jurists? After the examination of more than a five hundred printed legal works from incunabula to 1640, a chronological and thematic classification is proposed, in order to show the multifaceted reception of Boccaccio among Jurists.

Author Biography

Rafael Ramis Barceló, Rafael Ramis Barceló Universitat de les Illes Balears-IEHM Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)

Catedrático de Historia del Derecho y de las Instituciones

Universitat de les Illes Balears - España

Facultat de Dret - IEHM

Universitat de les Illes Balears

Ctra. de Valldemossa, km. 7.5 

07122 Palma de Mallorca

Published

2023-12-21

How to Cite

Ramis Barceló, R. (2023). Giovanni Boccaccio and the Jurists of the Renaissance. Revista De Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos, (45). Retrieved from https://rehj.cl/index.php/rehj/article/view/1217

Issue

Section

Historia del Derecho Europeo