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Bookmark or Share- Petrarch | Biography, Renaissance, Humanism, Sonnets ...Petrarch (born July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Tuscany [Italy]—died July 18/19, 1374, Arquà, near Padua, Carrara) was an Italian scholar, poet, and humanist whose poems addressed to Laura, an idealized beloved, contributed to the Renaissance flowering of lyric poetry.
- Petrarch - World History EncyclopediaPetrarch (1304-1374 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.
- About Petrarch | Academy of American PoetsPetrarch - Known in English as Petrarch, Francesco Petrarca was an Italian poet who is credited with the development and popularization of the Italian sonnet.
- Petrarch | The Poetry FoundationFrancesco Petrarch was born in 1304 in Arezzo, Italy, though he spent most of his childhood living around Florence, Tuscany, and Avignon. After briefly studying law in Bologna in 1320, Petrarch decided to abandon the field, against his father’s wishes, to begin studying the classics and begin a religious life.
- Italian literature - Petrarch, Poetry, Humanism | BritannicaThe literary phenomenon known as Petrarchism developed rapidly within the poet’s lifetime and continued to grow during the following three centuries, deeply influencing the literatures of Italy, Spain, France, and England.
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