Boccaccio lived during the Renaissance which was a time of significant change in Italy and also in Europe. Changes in weather and more diseases lead to major changes in population location and mass. The 14th century of Italy shifted from an agricultural society to an increasing urbane and learned society. At the beginning of the 14th century there was some changes in weather and temperature which lead to failure of crops and then moved people to more reliable places to grow crops. Another main factor that lead to the shift in the social structure was the Bubonic plague. People tried to avoid the plague so they tried to move away from it. A lot of those people fled to urban centers which was the only place they could find that would give them
