The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

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Wintry Peacock From "The New Decameron", Volume III. by Lawrence, D. H., 1885-1930 (David Herbert)

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The Priest's Tale - Père Etienne From "The New Decameron", Volume III. by Keable, Robert, 1887-1927

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The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist From "The New Decameron", Volume III. by Beresford, J. D., 1873-1947 (John Davys)

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The Cook's Decameron A Study in Taste, Containing over Two Hundred Recipes for Italian Dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.

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The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. by Sackville-West, V., 1892-1962 (Victoria)

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Headlines in history the 1300s

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 -- Battle of Bannockburn: Scots defeat the english -- Women, land, and inheritance in england -- Crime -- Trade and the hanseatic league -- Victory at sea -- Anti-semitism in Spain -- Deposing King Richard -- Great schism -- Chapter 2 -- Nobles -- Court life -- Serfs -- Peasants in the hundred years' war -- Wat Tyler's rebellion of 1381 -- Chapter 3 -- Famine of 1315-1322 -- Childhood in the fourteenth century -- Catherine of Siena -- Medieval play -- Food in the fourteenth century -- Petrarch -- Religious thought in the fourteenth century -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- Religious life -- Chapter 4 -- Plague and the decameron -- Medicine and the plague -- Long-term effects of the plague on society -- Chapter 5 -- Tensions in Japan -- Tughluq dynasty in India -- Ibn Battuta -- Rise of the Ottomans -- Timur -- Aztec empire -- Chapter 6 -- Mansa musa and the magnificence of Mali -- Life and government in Mali -- Chapter 7 -- Establishment of the ming dynasty -- Early ming wars and successions -- Trade in early ming times.…”