Contesto generale La novella di Cisti il fornaio è la seconda della sesta giornata del Decameron di Boccaccio. In questa giornata, tutte le novelle hanno un tema comune: il modo elegante e intelligente (con arte e garbo) con cui i personaggi riescono a rispondere a situazioni difficili, spesso grazie all’arguzia, alla prontezza di spirito o all’uso sapiente delle parole (i cosiddetti “motti”). La narratrice è Pampinea, una delle sette giovani protagoniste del Decameron, che introduce la novella con una riflessione: a volte la natura e la fortuna premiano persone di umili origini, dotandole di un'anima nobile e virtuosa, proprio come accade a Cisti. Trama in breve Cisti è un fornaio fiorentino, quindi un uomo del popolo, ma di grande eleganza, educazione e intelligenza. Egli possiede un ottimo vino bianco, che desidera offrire a Geri Spina, un nobile fiorentino che ogni giorno passa davanti alla sua bottega insieme agli ambasciatori di papa Bonifacio VIII. Cisti però sa che, ...

The British ruling class looked upon themselves as the true heirs of the Roman empire as an empire that was comparable with the Roman Empire (see British Empire).
For this reason, classical outlook and imperial pretensions of ancient Rome under the Emperor Augustus were resumed.
Neoclassicism spread in all cultural sectors and became a way of life. The Augustan artists shared a belief in reason as capable of imposing some order on an otherwise chaotic world.
In philosophy, David Hume is the leader of Scepticism: this rational tendency is also apparent in the analysis of religion conducted by the Deists, a group of thinkers who rejected the revealed religion in favour of natural religion.
Upper-class women came to achieve a central role. In their literary salons, women took part in the political, social and literary debates.
The middle class had been important after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 at the point that gradually merged with the aristocratic class. Rich tradesmen and manufacturers bought estates and so seats in Parliament, while their sons and daughters married into the aristocracy, sharing same interests such as trade, agriculture and industrial ventures.
This phenomenon caused a change of social values.
The middle class learnt from the aristocracy good manners, while the aristocracy learnt new values like religious belief in work and strong sense of the family.
The middle class also learnt their manners from the pages of newspapers and magazines. In this period, coffeehouses and clubs were important because people could discuss current events and write there.
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