1. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Francesco Petrarch Visit New Advent for the Summa Theologica, Church Fathers, Catholic Encyclopedia and more. Home Catholic Encyclopedia P Francesco petrarch. A. B. C regarding it as a genuine one productive of true and poignant emotion in petrarch, however Platonic it may have remained http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11778a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... P > Francesco Petrarch A B C D ... Z Francesco Petrarch White Guelphs he was banished in 1302, and went to Arezzo. Francesco's earliest years were spent chiefly at Incisa in the ancestral district of the Valdarno. In 1310 his father transferred their abode to Pisa, whence the family went to Avignon in France, which had been for about six years the papal residence. Between 1315 and 1319 the lad was trained at Carpentras under the tutelage of the Italian Convenevole da Prato. His father intended him for the legal profession, and sent him for the necessary studies to Montpellier (1319-23) and to Bologna (1323-5). Francesco disliked the career chosen for him, and devoted himself as much as possible to belles-lettres, thereby so incensing his father that, upon one occasion, the latter burned a number of his favourite ancient authors. When Ser Petracco died in 1323, Francesco returned to Avignon and took minor orders, which permitted him to enjoy church benefices and only bound him to the daily reading of his Office. He entered rather freely into the gay and fashionable life at Avignon , and there on Good Friday (1327) he saw for the first time Laura, the lady who was to be the inspiration of his most famous work. In spite of what he himself says as to his first encounter with Laura, many persons have doubted her real existence. The majority of critics, however, believe that she was truly a lady in the flesh, and some identify her with a certain Laura, the wife of Hugues de Sade (d. 1348). There would seem to be little chance for romance in such an attachment, yet the weight of authority is in favour of regarding it as a genuine one productive of true and poignant emotion in Petrarch, however Platonic it may have remained.

2. Francesco Petrarch - Father Of Humanism Information on petrarch, an archive of his works, images, and a collected papers about the author. http://petrarch.petersadlon.com

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. PETRARCH LAURA PICTURES WRITINGS ... SITEMAP

3. Petrarch Attempts have been made to identify her, but all that is known is that petrarch met Laura in Avignon, where he had entered the household of an influential http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/petrarca.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Petrarch (1304-1374) - in full Francesco Petrarca Italian scholar, poet, and humanist, a major force in the development of the Renaissance, famous for his poems addressed to Laura, an idealized beloved whom he met in 1327 and who died in 1348. Attempts have been made to identify her, but all that is known is that Petrarch met Laura in Avignon, where he had entered the household of an influential cardinal. She is generally believed to have been the 19-year-old wife of Hugues de Sade. Petrarch saw her first time in the church of Saint Claire. According to several modern scholars, it is possible that Laura was a fictional character. However, she was a more realistically presented female character than in the conventional songs of the troubadours or in the literature of courtly love. "In my youth I was blessed with an agile, active body, though not particularly strong; and while I cannot boast of being very handsome, I was good-looking enough in my younger days. I had a clear complexion, between light and dark, lively eyes, and for many years sharp vision, which, however, unexpectedly deserted me when I passed my sixtieth birthday, and forced me, reluctantly, to resort to the use of glasses. Although I had always been perfectly healthy, old age assailed me with its usual array of discomforts." (from 'Letter to Posterity') Francis Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) was born in Arezzo as the son of a notary, but he spend his early childhood in a village near Florence. His father, Ser Petracco, was expelled from Florence by the Black Guelfs, who had seized power. Also

4. Francis Petrarch And Art History: Petrarch In Cyberspace Provides links to images of the writer and his works, studies on the writer, bibliographies and exhibitions, biographical information, and historical monuments and museums. http://www3.sympatico.ca/liliane.caron/Petrarca/fpliens_english.html

Francis Petrarch (1304-1374) Petrarch in cyberspace I n this section are links to pages or sites on Francis Petrarch. They are divided into eight categories: images of Petrarch or his works studies on Petrarch bibliographies and exhibitions on Petrarch Petrarch in the news ... historical monuments and musems , and other websites devoted to Petrarch . Refer to the Literary Works section for links to Petrarch's literary works online. Images of Petrarch or his works Des remèdes de l'une et l'autre fortune , France, ca. 1450, folios 14b, 15a (Vellum) (6). Saxon State Library Collection (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.); information about the manuscript. Le cose volgari di messer Francesco Petrarcha... , Vinegia, 1501. P487 (Title page). Plimpton book and manuscript Collection at Wellesley Library (Wellesley College). Rime , Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico, XVth century. (Collège Montmorency, Québec). Trionfi . Woodcut, Pacini's second edition of the Triumphs, Florence, 1508. (The Visual Telling of Stories). Frontispice of Petrarch's Virgil , Simone Martini, Padua?, 1340? Milan, Biblioteca ambrosiana, ms. S. P. 10/27. (The restauration of Perseus: Technology for Mankind)

5. Petrarch Extracts from the works of Francesco Petrarca, Italy, 13041374 CE) With his first large scale work, Africaan epic in Latinpetrarch emerged as a European celebrity 10 children, and it is quite possible that she and petrarch never met http://www.humanistictexts.org/petrarch.htm

Authors born between 1300 and 1450 CE [ Petrarch ] Boccaccio Hafiz Ibn Khaldun Bruni ... Valla Click Up For A Summary Of Each Author Contents Introduction The power of poetry Admiration of mountains Literature and life ... Sources Introduction Francesco Petrarca was born in Italy in 1304. He spent some time in Barcelona following his father’s wish that he study law. When his father died, Petrarch was almost destitute. He became a priest and subsequently gained the friendship of Giacomo Colonna, a Roman nobleman and ecclesiastic. Petrach lived for some years under his patronage. With his first large scale work, Africa —an epic in Latin—Petrarch emerged as a European celebrity. At the same time his skill in writing sonnets in Italian became increasingly evident. In 1327 the sight of a woman called Laura initiated in him a continual outpouring of passion in Italian poems. She was a married women who bore her husband 10 children, and it is quite possible that she and Petrarch never met. He seems to have channeled much of his energy into love poems that were never intended to persuade the subject of his love, while at the same inserting into his prose paragraphs that showed his contempt for men who pursue women He traveled widely, served as an ambassador, and was a prolific letter writer. He collected manuscripts on his travels and was a prime mover in the recovery of knowledge from writers of Rome and Greece. He remarked, “

6. Medieval Sourcebook: Francesco Petrarch: Letters, C 1372 Medieval Sourcebook Francesco petrarch Letters, c 1372. petrarch, or Petrarca, (13041374) a poet, historian, and scholar, petrarch was absorbed with the classics and introduced them to his contemporaries. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/petrarch1.html

Back to Medieval Source Book Medieval Sourcebook: Francesco Petrarch: Letters, c 1372 Petrarch, or Petrarca, (1304-1374) a poet, historian, and scholar, Petrarch was absorbed with the classics and introduced them to his contemporaries. He is seen as a forerunner of the Renaissance. He was a great letter writer, and wrote some odd letters to dead figures of the past. Here are some samples FRANCESCO PETRARCH: TO POSTERITY Greetings. It is possible that some word of me may have come to you, though even this is doubtful, since an insignificant and obscure name will scarcely penetrate far in either time or space. If, however, you should have heard of me, you may desire to know what manner of man I was, or what was the outcome of my labours, especially those of which some description or, at any rate, the bare titles may have reached you. I possessed a well-balanced rather than a keen intellect, one prone to all kinds of good wholesome study, but especially inclined to al philosophy and the art of poetry. The latter indeed, I neglected as time went on, and took delight in sacred literature. Finding in that it hidden sweetness which I had once esteemed but lightly, I came to regard the works of the poets as only amenities. Among the many subjects which interested me, I dwelt especially ,Upon antiquity, for our own age has always I repelled me, so that, had it not been for the love of those dear to me, I should have preferred to .,have been born in any other period than our own. In order to forget my own times, I have continually striven to place myself in spirit in other ,ages, and consequently I delighted in history; ,not that the conflicting statements did not :offend me, but when in doubt I accepted what Reappeared to me most probable, or yielded to the "authority of the writer.

7. The Petrarchan Grotto Links for several versions. http://petrarch.freeservers.com/

8. Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (petrarch) (13041374). Biography of petrarch (Encyclopedia Britannica). Below, some more English translations of petrarch. http://www.sonnets.org/petrarch.htm

Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374) Biography of Petrarch Encyclopedia Britannica Selected poems of Petrarch in side-by-side Italian and English translation. The following literal translation of Petrarch's Sonnet 140, translated by Wyatt and Surrey , is taken from p. 9 of The English Sonnet Love, who lives and reigns in my thought and keeps his principal seat in my heart, comes like an armed warrior into my forehead, there places himself and there sets up his banner. She who teaches me to love and to suffer and who wishes that reason, modesty and reverence should restrain my great desire and burning hope, thrusts aside and disdains our ardour. Wherefore Love in terror flies to my heart, abandoning all his enterprise, and laments and trembles; there he hides himself and no more appears without. What can I do, when my lord is afraid, except stay with him until the last hour? For he makes a fine end who dies loving well. In his interesting discussion of the sonnet, Cruttwell points out that although Surrey's translation is the more "faithful" one, Wyatt has created the finer English poem. He attributes some of the challenge of translation to the "full-bodied" sound of the abstract words in Italian as opposed to English and also to different values of the Italian and the pragmatic English literary cultures. Below, some more English translations of Petrarch.

9. Petrarch At Avignon in 1327 petrarch first saw Laura, who was to inspire his great vernacular love lyrics crowned laureate at Rome. petrarch's friendship with the republican Cola di Rienzi http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0838624.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Petrarch [p E Pronunciation Key Petrarch or Francesco Petrarca O p A , Italian poet and humanist, one of the great figures of Italian literature. He spent his youth in Tuscany and Avignon and at Bologna. He returned to Avignon in 1326, may have taken lesser ecclesiastic orders, and entered the service of Cardinal Colonna, traveling widely but finding time to write numerous lyrics, sonnets, and canzoni. At Avignon in 1327 Petrarch first saw Laura, who was to inspire his great vernacular love lyrics. His verse won growing fame, and in 1341 he was crowned laureate at Rome. Petrarch's friendship with the republican Cola di Rienzi inspired the famous ode Italia mia. Secretum, a dialogue, Petrarch revealed the conflict he felt between medieval asceticism and individual expression and glory. Yet in his poetry he ignored medieval courtly conventions and defined true emotions. In his portrait of Laura he surpassed the medieval picture of woman as a spiritual symbol and created the image of a real woman. He also perfected the sonnet form and is considered by many to be the first modern poet. He influenced contemporary historiography through his epic Africa

10. Poems By Petrarch In English Translation Small collection with an brief biographical note. http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Webworks/Website/Tendpetrarch.htm

Petrarch Francesco Petrarcha was born in Arezzo of a family exiled from Florence in 1301. His father was a notary. He studied at Montpellier University and at law school, and became chaplain to Cardinal Colonna. He travelled in France, Flanders and Germany. He met his idealized woman, Laura, in 1327. She died of the Black Death in 1348. His series of love sonnets and other poems strongly influenced subsequent European poetry, for example Wyatt and Sidney in England. He settled at Vaucluse near Avignon, but, after the plague of 1362, moved to Padua and then Arqua, in the Euganean Hills, where he died, in July 1374, on or near his birthday, at the age of seventy. Petrarch I Diana was never more pleasing to her lover, when, by a stroke of fate, he saw her naked, shown in the deep pool of icy water, than I was by the mountain shepherdess, standing there to wash her delightful veil, that keeps blonde, lovely hair from the wind’s stress, so that, now heaven’s fires overspill, she made me tremble with an amorous chill. II Now that the wind and earth and sky are silent

11. DANTE AND OTHERS: Petrarch, The Canzoniere. An English translation of the Canzoniere by A.S. Kline, with occasional footnotes, for browsing and download as MS Word, HTML, or PDF. http://www.tonykline.free-online.co.uk/Petrarchhome.htm

Poems From The Canzoniere A selection of fifty-three poems forming an introduction to the Canzoniere. Browse now or Download The Canzoniere Complete The three hundred and sixty-six poems of the Canzoniere with occasional footnotes. Browse below: Download Section I Poems 1 to 61 Section II Poems 62 to 122 Section III Poems 123 to 183 Section IV Poems 184 to 244 Section V Poems 245 to 305 Section VI Poems 306 to 366 Note: The sectional divisions do not occur in Petrarch's text. This work MAY be FREELY reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any NON-COMMERCIAL purpose. Need to know about eBooks and Download formats? Go to eBooks Back to DANTE AND OTHERS HOME PAGE for more translations. Last Modified 16/Jun/2002

12. Francesco Petrarch Francesco petrarch. Francesco petrarch was an Italian poet and scholar who started a movement to reevaluate the literature of ancient Rome. That process of rediscovery led to the Renaissance. At the http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/People/Petrarch.html

Francesco Petrarch Francesco Petrarch was an Italian poet and scholar who started a movement to reevaluate the literature of ancient Rome. That process of rediscovery led to the Renaissance. At the age of 66, Francesco Petrarch wrote a "Letter to Posterity" explaining what he had learned during his lifetime. Greeting. It is possible that some word of me may have come to you, even though this is doubtful since an insignificant and obscure name will scarcely penetrate far in either time or space. If, however, you should have heard of me you may desire to know what manner of man I was. I was, in truth, a poor mortal like yourself, neither very exalted in my origin, nor, on the, hand of the most humble birth. My youth was gone before I realized it. I was carried away by the strength of manhood. But a riper age brought me to my senses and taught me by experience the truth I had long before read in booksthat youth and pleasure are vanity. Go to index Created Dec 8 1994 by Aaron Rice jar22@email.byu.edu) a Timpview High School student in partnership with the David O. McKay School of Education

13. Francesco Petrarch - Father Of Humanism petrarch, Laura, For a woman he would never know For a woman he could never have He should change the world forever, Information on petrarch http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/petrarch.html

For a woman he would never know For a woman he could never have He should change the world forever PETRARCH PICTURES WRITINGS BOOKS ... traduzca It is possible that some word of me may have come to you, though even this is doubtful, since an insignificant and obscure name will scarcely penetrate far in either time or space. If, however, you should have heard of me, you may desire to know what manner of man I was, or what was the outcome of my labours, especially those of which some description or, at any rate, the bare titles may have reached you. Information on Petrarch A timeline of the life of Petrarch Biography on Petrarch Petrarch wrote his own letter to posterity and is available here or from the his writings menu it describes in detail his life and how he saw himself and is perhaps the best answer to who he was, but if you were to ask me, this is what I would say: Francesco Petrarch was born shortly after 1300 in a time and place where very few could read or write and those that did considered it a chore where as Petrarch saw a blessing. His passion to write his thoughts to paper was only overcome by the need to sleep or eat. So great was his desire to write his thoughts and feelings and so difficult was it to find anyone in Europe to match his desire he found himself writing to Cicero, one of the only people he believed really shared his passion. (Cicero was a Roman Poet/Politician that died over 1200 years before Petrarch was born).

14. Manoello, Giudeo Raccolta di poesie dell'autore pubblicata online. http://petrarch.freeservers.com/imrom.html

Italian Poems of Immanuel ben Solomon (also known as Immanuel Romano, Manoello Giudeo), ca. 1265-ca. 1330 See: Mario Marti (ed.). Poeti giocosi del tempo di Dante , pp. 313-321. Rizzoli, Milano, 1956. Biography Sonnets 1 (MS Casanat. 433) Amor non lesse mai l' avemaria; Amor non tenne mai legge n© fede; Amor ¨ un cor, che non ode n© vede e non sa mai che misura si sia. Amor ¨ una pura signoria, che sol si ferma in voler ci² che chiede; Amor fa com' pianeto, che provvede, e sempre retra s© per ogni via. Amor non lass² mai, per paternostri n© per incanti, suo gentil orgoglio; n© per t©ma digiunt' ¨, per ch' i' giostri. Amor fa quello, di che pi¹ mi doglio: ch© non s'att¨ne a cosa ch' io li mostri, ma sempre mi sa dir: - Pur cos¬ voglio. - 2 (MS Barb. Lat. 3953) In steso non mi conosco, ogn'om oda, che l'esser proprio si ¨ ghibellino: in Roma so' Colonnes' ed Ursino, e piacemi se l'uno e l'altro ha loda. Ed in Toscana parte guelfa goda; in Romagna so' ci² ch' ¨ Zappetino; mal giudeo sono io, non saracino:

15. La Mission Suisse De Genève Alumni page for former missionaries who served in the Geneva Switzerland Misison. Includes a mailing list and information on reunions. http://alt.xmission.com/~petrarch/geneve2.htm

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16. The Petrarchan Grotto http://www.petrarch.freeservers.com/

17. Petrarch - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia petrarch. petrarch (13041374) was an Italian scholar, poet, and humanist, who is credited with having given the Renaissance its name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Page history ... Printable version Not logged in Log in Help Other languages: Deutsch Esperanto Italiano Svenska ... Polski Petrarch From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Petrarch ) was an Italian scholar, poet , and humanist , who is credited with having given the Renaissance its name. He traveled widely and wrote many learned works, but his most enduring writings by far are the poems he addressed to Laura, a mysterious beloved whom he may never have met. Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca in Italian) was born in Arezzo the son of a notary, and spent his early childhood in the village of Incisa, near Florence . His father, Ser Petracco, had been banished from Florence in 1302 by the Black Guelphs , due to his political connections with Dante . Petrarch spent much of his early life at Avignon , where his family moved to follow Pope Clement V who moved there in 1309 during a papal schism, and nearby Carpentras , both in Vaucluse . He studied at Montpellier (1319 - 23) and moved to Bologna , where he studied law in 1323-25. Though trained in law and religion, Petrarch was primarily interested in writing and Latin literature, sharing this passion with his friend Giovanni Boccaccio . In search for old Latin classics and manuscripts, he traveled through France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. With his first large scale work

18. Petrarch site of the Hanover Historical Texts Project. Francis petrarch has been labelled the "first modern man of Most of petrarch's letters are addressed to living human beings, but he http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111pet2.html

Francis Petrarch (1304-1374) Letter to Cicero Original Electronic Text at the web site of the Hanover Historical Texts Project. Francis Petrarch has been labelled the "first modern man of letters" and the "founder of humanism." Probably best known for his creation of the sonnet form of poetry and for his love poems to Laura, he was also a prolific scholar and writer. He wrote theological and philosophical treatises, epic poems, and polemical works directed against those whom, he believed, had corrupted learning and religion in Christendom. He also played a leading role in rehabilitating the literary genre of the epistle, a letter addressed to a private individual but intended for a public audience. Most of Petrarch's letters are addressed to living human beings, but he did write several addressed to authors of the ancient world. Questions: 1. Why would Petrarch write to a dead man? 2. Why exactly was Petrarch disappointed in Cicero? Of what does he accuse him? 3. What does the closing (paragraph 4) reveal about Petrarch's thinking? To Marcus Tullius Cicero [1] Your letters I sought for long and diligently; and finally, where I least expected it, I found them. At once I read them, over and over, with the utmost eagerness. And as I read I seemed to hear your bodily voice, O Marcus Tullius, saying many things, uttering many lamentations, ranging through many phases of thought and feeling. I long had known how excellent a guide you have proved for others; at last I was to learn what sort of guidance you gave yourself.

19. Petrarch Poems From The Canzoniere Fiftythree poems from the Canzoniere in a new English translation by A. S. Kline. http://www.tonykline.free-online.co.uk/Petrarch.htm

Petrarch Fifty-three Poems from ‘The Canzoniere’ HOME DOWNLOAD A.S.Kline Contents You who hear the sound, in scattered rhymes, To make a graceful act of revenge, It was on that day when the sun’s ray What infinite providence and art ... Index of First Lines in Italian 1. ‘Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono’ You who hear the sound, in scattered rhymes of those sighs on which I fed my heart, in my first vagrant youthfulness, when I was partly other than I am, I hope to find pity, and forgiveness, for all the modes in which I talk and weep, between vain hope and vain sadness, in those who understand love through its trials. Yet I see clearly now I have become an old tale amongst all these people, so that it often makes me ashamed of myself; and shame is the fruit of my vanities, and remorse, and the clearest knowledge of how the world’s delight is a brief dream. 2. ‘Per fare una leggiadra sua vendetta’ To make a graceful act of revenge, and punish a thousand wrongs in a single day, Love secretly took up his bow again, like a man who waits the time and place to strike.

20. Medieval Sourcebook: Petrarch: The Ascent Of Mount Ventoux Medieval Sourcebook petrarch The Ascent of Mount Ventoux. Malaucene, April 26. Source. From http//history.hanover.edu/early/petrarch/pet17.htm. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/petrarch-ventoux.html

Back to Medieval Source Book ORB Main Page Links to Other Medieval Sites Medieval Sourcebook: Petrarch: The Ascent of Mount Ventoux Petrarch's motives for climbing Mount Ventoux - to see the view - is often cited as the mark of a new humanistic "Renaissance" spirit. It is worthing noting, however, that in his distinctly non-humanistic work on the "Misery of the Human Condition", Pope Innocent III had asked the question about why people climb mountains, and had come up with the same need to see the view. To Dionisio da Borgo San Sepolcro Happy the man who is skilled to understand Nature's hid causes; who beneath his feet All terrors casts, and death's relentless doom, And the loud roar of greedy Acheron. How earnestly should we strive, not to stand on mountain-tops, but to trample beneath us those appetites which spring from earthly impulses. With no consciousness of the difficulties of the way, amidst these preoccupations which I have so frankly revealed, we came, long after dark, but with the full moon lending us its friendly light, to the little inn which we had left that morning before dawn. The time during which the servants have been occupied in preparing our supper, I have spent in a secluded part of the house, hurriedly jotting down these experiences on the spur of the moment, lest, in case my task were postponed, my mood should change on leaving the place, and so my interest in writing flag.

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