Bosco damore

The time is the mid14th century the Pope is now residing at Avignon the Black Death is killing millions across Europe and civil wars are adding to the turmoil and chaos In this story adapted from Giovanni Boccaccios Decameron a young teenage couple is sent to live in a nearby town by the mans uncle in an attempt to keep them safe from harm She is from the lower classes and he comes from a noble family a family that opposes his choice of a future bride While en route to the town the couples horses are stolen and they are forced to continue through the forest on foot at a pace that introduces them to a kaleidoscope of Boccaccios characters from masters of mysticism to soldiers of the warring Papal armies Somehow the couple manage to get through this gauntlet of sorts and they do marry Just as they are ready to go back to Rome they hear that there is an insurrection in the offing and suddenly their brief spate of stability is threatened again