In Fiction
Cangrande I della Scala appears in the seventh tale of the first day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. He is portrayed as a wise ruler, graceful enough to accept (and indeed reward) a veiled rebuke from Bergamino, a jester visiting his court. His eminence, wisdom and generosity in this moral tale (where he is compared not unfavouraby to Emperor Frederick II) may reflect Dante's influence on Boccaccio's perception of Cangrande.
Cangrande is the title character of The Master of Verona, a novel by David Blixt. The story interweaves the characters of Shakespeare's Italian plays (most notably the Capulets and the Montagues from Romeo & Juliet) with the historical figures of Cangrande's time.
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