41. Petrarch Go to this site providing a short biography of petrarch. Fast facts and interesting information about petrarch.Learn about the history of petrarch of England. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/petrarch.htm

42. Petrarch petrarch is sometimes called the first writer of the Renaissance. His father, like Dante, was exiled from Florence for political reasons. They moved to Avignon (where the http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/renaissance/petrarch.html

Michael Delahoyde Washington State University PETRARCH The Petrarch Grotto an online Petrarch source with original texts, translations, manuscripts. Petrarch is sometimes called "the first writer of the Renaissance." His father, like Dante, was exiled from Florence for political reasons. They moved to Avignon (where the "other" papal court was located). Petrarch became a courtier, diplomat, and man of letters (often in Latin). He became poet lauriat of Rome in 1340. When Petrarch was in his 20s, he supposedly saw Laura in church. She died of plague later in 1348 (on April 6th, the day he first saw her). He has various illegitimate children. Petrarchan Love Conventions: * the poet addresses a lady (corresponding to Petrarch's Laura) * she often has a classical name like Stella or Delia * the poet-lover praises his mistress's superlative qualities using descriptions of beauty supplied by Petrarch: "golden hair," "ivory breast," "ruby lips." She is the object and image of love. * poet-lover presents himself as ardent and impetuous.

43. 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.

44. Petrarch - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Petrarch Italian poet, humanist, and leader of the revival of classical learning. His Il canzoniere/Songbook (also known as Rime Sparse/Scattered Lyrics) contains madrigals, songs, and http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Petrarch

45. Petrarch Thoroughbred Heritage web site with portraits of famous thoroughbreds. http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Petrarch.html

Portraits Index Other Images English Foundation Mares Half-Bred Foundation Mares Foundation Sires Horses That Jump Or Use our Search Engine Petrarch Bay colt, 1873. By Lord Clifden - Laura by Orlando Darley Arabian Sire line Newminster Branch Family #10 His sire, Lord Clifden Petrarch was a successful, if erratic, racehorse that won two classic races and the Ascot Gold Cup. He was at stud when stallions such as Bend Or Galopin , and the seven-time leading sire Hermit were turning out winners, and, while not fashionable possibly due to his reputation for fragility he still got four classic winners, three in England and one in France, all of them fillies. His son, The Bard, was a successful stallion in France, another son, Hackler , was several times leading sire in Ireland, and led the sire's list of jumpers for seven years, and a daughter was dam of of the two-time leading American sire Meddler. Petrarch was foaled in 1873. He was a rich bay colt by Lord Clifden, bred by Mr. Gosden at his farm near Midhurst. His dam, Laura, was sired by Derby winner Orlando , who in turn was sired by classic winner and leading sire Touchstone . Laura was foaled in 1860, and by the time of her birth, her sire Orlando had been responsible for classic winners

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47. Medieval Sourcebook: Petrarch: Letter Criticizing The Avignon Papacy petrarch, Letter to a friend, 13401353 Now I am living in France, in the Babylon of the West. The sun in its travels sees nothing more hideous than this place on the shores http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/14cpetrarch-pope.html

Back to Medieval Source Book ORB Main Page Links to Other Medieval Sites Medieval Sourcebook: Petrarch: Letter Criticizing the Avignon Papacy Petrarch, Letter to a friend, 1340-1353 ...Now I am living in France, in the Babylon of the West. The sun in its travels sees nothing more hideous than this place on the shores of the wild Rhone, which suggests the hellish streams of Cocytus and Acheron. Here reign the successors of the poor fishermen of Galilee; they have strangely forgotten their origin. I am astounded, as I recall their predecessors, to see these men loaded with gold and clad in purple, boasting of the spoils of princes and nations; to see luxurious palaces and heights crowned with fortifications, instead of a boat turned downward for shelter. We no longer find the simple nets which were once used to gain a frugal sustenance from the lake of Galilee, and with which, having labored all night an caught nothing, they took, at daybreak, a multitude of fishes, in the name of Jesus. One is stupefied nowadays to hear the lying tongues, and to see worthless parchments turned by a leaden seal into nets which are used, in Christ's name, but by the arts of Belial, to catch hordes of unwary Christians. These fish, too, are dressed and laid on the burning coals of anxiety before they fill the insatiable maw of their captors. Instead of holy solitude we find a criminal host and crowds of the most infamous satellites; instead of soberness, licentious banquets; instead of pious pilgrimages, preternatural and foul sloth; instead of the bare feet of the apostles, the snowy coursers of brigands fly past us, the horses decked in gold and fed on gold, soon to be shod with gold, if the Lord does not check this slavish luxury. In short, we seem to be among the kings of the Persians or Parthians, before whom we must fall down and worship, and who cannot be approached except presents be offered. O ye unkempt and emaciated old men, is it for this you labored? Is it for this that you have sown the field of the Lord and watered it with your holy blood? But let us leave the subject.

48. Francesco Petrarca petrarch was better educated in the classics than Dante and more likeable, travelling happily between courts in Italy, France and the Rhineland. http://www.poetry-portal.com/poets30.html

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