A literary work consisting of seven parts or seven days of stories, most famously referring to Marguerite de Navarre's 16th-century collection.
From Greek 'hepta' (seven) + 'meron' (part). Modeled on 'Decameron' by Boccaccio, which had ten days of stories, the Heptameron was a Renaissance frame narrative structure.
The Heptameron was written by the sister of King Francis I of France and included scandalous stories that got her in trouble with the church—it's basically Renaissance gossip literature that challenged what women could write about.
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