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Petrarch, Francesco
Petrarch, Francesco (1304–74), Italian poet and humanist. In 1326 he received minor orders. His poems on Laura (collected in the Canzoniere) and his epic Africa on Scipio Africanus won him the poet's crown in 1341. In 1347 he supported the short-lived republican movement of Cola di Rienzo. In the following years he was employed on various political embassies. His religious nature, which was often in conflict with the sensuousness of the fame-loving poet and the passion of the scholar for pagan culture, found expression in several Latin treatises. His last great poetical work, the Trionfi, celebrates in allegorical form the triumph of the Divine over all things and the ultimate redemption of man from the dominion of the senses.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Petrarch, Francesco." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Petrarch, Francesco." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PetrarchFrancesco.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Petrarch, Francesco." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PetrarchFrancesco.html |
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Petrarch, Francesco
Petrarch, Francesco (1304–74) Italian lyric poet and scholar. Most of his lyric poems, Rime sparse, have as their subject ‘Laura’, a woman idealized in the style of earlier poets but seen in a more realistic and human light. Other works, which include an autobiography (1342–58), further illuminate his belief in the compatibility of classical and Christian traditions.
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"Petrarch, Francesco." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Petrarch, Francesco." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PetrarchFrancesco.html "Petrarch, Francesco." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PetrarchFrancesco.html |
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