The Decameron · Character
Ruggieri da Jeroli
A young Florentine whose love for a married woman draws him into a web of deception where the deceived may prove more dangerous than the deceiver.
major
Also known as Ruggieri, Jeroli
First appearance: the third story
As a major figure in The Decameron, Ruggieri da Jeroli is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The lover of the physician's wife, a nobleman of ill repute who is drugged and put in a chest, then arrested as a thief before being freed.
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Ruggieri moves through Florence as a young man of family and appetite, fixed on a woman already bound to another man, and the pursuit requires him to navigate the city's codes of honor, secrecy, and revenge. His desire…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Moral and Romantic Adventures
- Marital Deception
- Fidelity and Betrayal
- Protagonist
- Love and Deception
- Storytellers of the Frame
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this story, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Lisa, a lowborn apothecary’s daughter, is cons…
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