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is considered one of the "Three Crowns" of Italian literature along with Dante Alighieri and Petrarch. He is remembered for being one of the precursors of humanism, of which he helped lay the foundations in the city of Florence, in conjunction with the activity of his friend and teacher, Petrarch. He was the one who initiated Dante's criticism and philology: Boccaccio devoted himself to copying

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