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, ...
When George V died in 1936, his son Edward VIII became king of England.
The new king abdicated after only ten months in order to marry an American woman, who had divorced, and his brother George VI ovent to the throne ruling country during World war. Because of Versailles' treaty signed in June 1919, Germany underwent a terrible economic crisis in the 1920s, which helped the Nazi Party's rise to the power.
In order to avoid another world war, Britain ignored the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), the occupation of Austria by Hitler (1938) and Czechoslovakia, thankin Munich Agreement signed by Britain and France with Germany.
When Germany invaded Poland on the 1st of September 1939 France and Britain declared war on Germany. In this way World War II broke out.
In the first phase of the conflict Germany occupied France and most European countries, Italy entered the war on Germany's side (1940) and the United States were still neutral.
In 1940 Britain had to bear the brunt of the German offensive alone: on the shore of Dunkirk 330.000 British soldiers driven back by the Germans were saved by thousands of British ships, while in the summer the Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain in the air against German planes.
A decisive year was 1941: the United States, following a Japanese air attack on naval base Pearl Harbor, and the Soviet Union, following German attacks, entered into war.
The Allied Forces (British and American) landed in Sicily causing the fall of Mussolini’s Fascist regime and, then, on the 6th June 1944 occupied Normandy, invading Germany.
Meanwhile, Russians occupied the nations of Easten Europe.
World War II ended with the fall of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 caused by USA in August 1945.
In February 1945 Roosevelt met Stalin and Churchill, the Prime Minister of England, in Yalta, Crimea. During this conference, the three leaders decided the policies of their nations, on a balance of power between Western and Eastern Europe followed by the division of Germany, and the creation of the United Nations Organization was established.
In order to avoid another world war, Britain ignored the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), the occupation of Austria by Hitler (1938) and Czechoslovakia, thankin Munich Agreement signed by Britain and France with Germany.
When Germany invaded Poland on the 1st of September 1939 France and Britain declared war on Germany. In this way World War II broke out.
In the first phase of the conflict Germany occupied France and most European countries, Italy entered the war on Germany's side (1940) and the United States were still neutral.
In 1940 Britain had to bear the brunt of the German offensive alone: on the shore of Dunkirk 330.000 British soldiers driven back by the Germans were saved by thousands of British ships, while in the summer the Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain in the air against German planes.
A decisive year was 1941: the United States, following a Japanese air attack on naval base Pearl Harbor, and the Soviet Union, following German attacks, entered into war.
The Allied Forces (British and American) landed in Sicily causing the fall of Mussolini’s Fascist regime and, then, on the 6th June 1944 occupied Normandy, invading Germany.
Meanwhile, Russians occupied the nations of Easten Europe.
World War II ended with the fall of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 caused by USA in August 1945.
In February 1945 Roosevelt met Stalin and Churchill, the Prime Minister of England, in Yalta, Crimea. During this conference, the three leaders decided the policies of their nations, on a balance of power between Western and Eastern Europe followed by the division of Germany, and the creation of the United Nations Organization was established.
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