Petrarch - Wikipedia With his first large-scale work, Africa, an epic poem in Latin about the great Roman general Scipio Africanus, Petrarch emerged as a European celebrity
Petrarch - World History Encyclopedia Petrarch (1304 to 1374 CE), full name Francesco Petrarca, was an Italian scholar and poet who is credited as one of the founders of the Renaissance movement in art, thought, and literature
Petrarch | The Poetry Foundation In the years after his coronation, Petrarch traveled around France, Germany and Spain holding various clerical positions, researching the writings of Cicero, and exploring Greek history and literature
How Francesco Petrarch Shaped Humanism Paved the Way to the . . . Italian poet Francesco Petrarch became one of the most influential humanist scholars of the 14th century, paving the way to the Renaissance Born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1304, Francesco Petrarch devoted his life to the study of Classical authors and literature
Petrarch 1304–1374 Italian Poet and Scholar | Encyclopedia. com From 1353 until 1361, Petrarch lived mostly in the northern Italian city of Milan with the support of the wealthy Visconti family One of the projects Petrarch began in Milan turned into his longest work, two books about morality titled Remedies for Good and Bad Fortune
Petrarch | Western Civilization - Lumen Learning Petrarch is traditionally called the “Father of Humanism,” both for his influential philosophical attitudes, found in his numerous personal letters, and his discovery and compilation of classical texts
Petrarch - Humanism, Poetry, Letters | Britannica It is an autobiographical treatise consisting of three dialogues between Petrarch and St Augustine in the presence of Truth In it he maintains hope that, even amidst worldly preoccupations and error, even while absorbed in himself and his own affairs, a man might still find a way to God
Petrarch - World History Edu Petrarch emphasized the value of classical antiquity, reviving interest in Roman and Greek writers His philosophy combined intellectual pursuit with moral introspection