Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1304-07-20
Death 1374-07-19
Active 1304
Active 1374
Active 1698
Active 1831
Birth 1304
Death 1374
Active 1400
Active 1450
Italians
Latin, Italian, Latin, Italian, English,

Biographical notes:

Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca.

Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpellier and Bologna but was interested in Latin literature. An avid traveller, he collected latin manuscripts.

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Subjects:

  • Conduct of life Early works to 1800
  • FILOSOFIA RENACENTISTA
  • Manuscripts, Italian
  • Manuscripts, Italian (Medieval and modern)
  • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
  • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
  • Poetry
  • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Occupations:

  • Humanists
  • Poets
  • Scholars
  • Scribe

Places:

  • 00, IT
  • 16, IT
  • 20, IT
  • Enkhuizen, North Holland (as recorded)
  • Gelderland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Isle of Man, England (as recorded)
  • France--Paris (as recorded)
  • Vilna, Lithuania (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Genoa, Italy (as recorded)
  • Liege, Belgium (as recorded)
  • Rebdorf, Bavaria (as recorded)
  • Cosenza, Italy (as recorded)
  • Italy, Europe (as recorded)
  • Bologna, Italy (as recorded)
  • Dauphiné, France (as recorded)
  • Bourges, France (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Leyden, Holland (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Holland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Perugia, Italy (as recorded)
  • Siena, Italy (as recorded)
  • Lisbon, Portugal (as recorded)
  • Lannoy, Flanders (as recorded)
  • Vatican City (as recorded)
  • Bologna, Italy (as recorded)
  • Arezzo, Italy (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Palestine, Asia Minor (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Rome, Italy (as recorded)
  • Ferrara, Italy (as recorded)
  • Hucking, Kent (as recorded)
  • Flanders, Belgium (as recorded)
  • Viconovo, Ferrara, Italy (as recorded)
  • Italy--Venice (as recorded)
  • Middelburg, Zeeland (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Haarlem, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Siena, Italy (as recorded)
  • Friesland, Province of, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
  • Zeeland, Province of, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Paris, France (as recorded)
  • Utrecht, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Cingoli, Italy (as recorded)

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