Kniha byla dokončena v r. 1353, ale její velká část byla pravděpodobně napsána ještě před morovou epidemii (black death) v r. 1348. "Dekameron" začíná mistrovským popisem teroru minulosti.
The book with which Boccaccio's name is inseparably linked is the "Decameron", which was finished in 1353, but part of which had probably been written before the Black Death reached its height in 1348.