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Petrarch. (1304–74) The intellectual interests of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca; his less-harmonious actual family name was Petracco) were literary and rhetorical (concerned, that is, with moral persuasion), but they were not confined to poetry; his political views were more opportunistic than Dante’s and his poetic technique more elaborate ...
Jun 27, 2017 · Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, b. 1304–d. 1374) occupies a unique position in Renaissance studies. While modern scholarship has shown that others laid the foundation for him, Petrarch was the first to insist forcefully and polemically that the culture of his day needed reorientation toward the past.
May 23, 2012 · Petrarch is generally viewed as the major link between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. General Overviews. In addition to the account of Petrarch’s life and works in Tatham 1925, Kirkham and Maggi 2009 provides an introduction to each of Petrarch’s works, with historical and biographical contextualization.
