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Petrarch

aka Francesco di Petrarcha

Country

Italy

Languages

Italian, Neo-Latin

Dates

1304 — 1374

medieval europe

Petrarch

Francis Petrarch was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest humanists.

Works

Il Canzoniere

The Canzoniere

Italian · 1336Poetry Collection

De viris illustribus

On Illustrious Men

Neo-Latin · 1337Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

I Trionfi

Triumphs

Italian · 1351Poetry Collection

De otio religioso

On Religious Leisure

Neo-Latin · 1357Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

Familiarium rerum libri

Letters on Familiar Matters

Neo-Latin · 1325-1374Correspondence / Letters

Seniles

Letters of Old Age

Neo-Latin · 1374Correspondence / Letters

Epistolae Variae

Miscellaneous Letters

Neo-Latin · c. 1400Correspondence / Letters

Liber sine nomine

Book without a Name

Neo-Latin · 1400Correspondence / Letters