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How can fiction, mythology, poetry, and other non-historical sources be useful to a historian? What are some problems with using these types of sources?Describe.

1.) Read the primary source: “Boccaccio” (Attached in additional materials) 2.) Evaluate the primary source by answering the following questions in two or three paragraphs: Who wrote this text? Who was the author’s intended audience? What was his purpose in writing the text? Think about audience and genre. What does this text tell you about […]