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| - | '''Francesco Petrarca''' (Petrarcha) ([[July 20]], [[1304]] – [[July 19]], [[1374]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] scholar, [[poet]], and early [[Renaissance literature|Renaissance author]]. Petrarch is often popularly called the "father of humanism". Based on Petrarch's works, and to a lesser extent that of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] and [[Giovanni Boccaccio|Boccaccio]], [[Pietro Bembo]] in the 16th century created the model for modern [[Italian language|Italian]], later endorsed by the [[Accademia della Crusca]]. Petrarch is credited for perfecting the [[sonnet]], making it one of the most popular art forms to date. | ||
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| + | Petrarch is best known for his Italian poetry, notably the ''[[Canzoniere]]'' ("Songbook") and the ''[[Trionfi (poem)|Trionfi]]'' ("Triumphs"). However, Petrarch was an enthusiastic Latin scholar and did most of his writing in this language. His Latin writings include scholarly works, introspective essays, letters, and more poetry. Among them are ''[[Secretum (book)|Secretum]]'' ("My Secret Book"), an intensely personal, guilt-ridden imaginary dialogue with [[Augustine of Hippo]]; ''[[De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch)|De Viris Illustribus]]'' ("On Famous Men"), a series of moral biographies; ''[[Rerum Memorandarum Libri]]'', an incomplete treatise on the [[cardinal virtues]]; ''[[De Otio Religiosorum]]'' ("On Religious Leisure") and ''[[De Vita Solitaria]]'' ("On the Solitary Life"), which praise the contemplative life; ''[[De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae]]'' ("Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul"), a self-help book which remained popular for hundreds of years; ''[[Itinerarium]]'' ("Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land"); a number of invectives against opponents such as doctors, scholastics, and [[French people|the French]]; the ''[[Carmen Bucolicum]]'', a collection of 12 pastoral poems; and the unfinished epic ''[[Africa (Petrarch)|Africa]]''. | ||
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Petrarch is best known for his Italian poetry, notably the Canzoniere ("Songbook") and the Trionfi ("Triumphs"). However, Petrarch was an enthusiastic Latin scholar and did most of his writing in this language. His Latin writings include scholarly works, introspective essays, letters, and more poetry. Among them are Secretum ("My Secret Book"), an intensely personal, guilt-ridden imaginary dialogue with Augustine of Hippo; De Viris Illustribus ("On Famous Men"), a series of moral biographies; Rerum Memorandarum Libri, an incomplete treatise on the cardinal virtues; De Otio Religiosorum ("On Religious Leisure") and De Vita Solitaria ("On the Solitary Life"), which praise the contemplative life; De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae ("Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul"), a self-help book which remained popular for hundreds of years; Itinerarium ("Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land"); a number of invectives against opponents such as doctors, scholastics, and the French; the Carmen Bucolicum, a collection of 12 pastoral poems; and the unfinished epic Africa.
