Petrarch
1304 – 1374 · aged 70
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
- Born
- 1304 · Arezzo
- Died
- 1374 · Arquà Petrarca
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- 1304BornBorn in Arezzo
- 1341AwardPoet's Crown
- 1374DiedDied in Arquà Petrarca
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- 1337 – 1453Hundred Years' War
- 1347 – 1351The Black Death
Biography
Francis Petrarch (born Francesco di Petracco; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374) was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.
Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism. In the 16th century, Pietro Bembo created the model for the modern Italian language based on Petrarch's works, as well as those of Giovanni Boccaccio, and, to a lesser extent, Dante Alighieri. Petrarch was later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca.
Petrarch's sonnets were admired and imitated throughout Europe during the Renaissance and became a model for lyrical poetry. He is also known for being the first to develop the concept of the "Dark Ages".
Text from the Wikipedia article Petrarch, CC BY-SA 4.0
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