Cinquante nuances de Grisélidis

The last story of Boccaccio’s Decameron is perceived differently as time goes by; after a study of its reception from the end of the Middle Ages, we approach here the way in which it is understood in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century, before a radical change in the 20th century, by studying the plays of Dekker, Lope de Vega, Apostolo Zeno, Louise de Sainctonges and Friedrich Halm: the reception of “eternal” works is extremely fluent.