- Petrarch
- biographical name 1304-1374 It. Francesco Petrarca Italian poet • Petrarchan adjective
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Petrarch
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Petrarch — (1304 1374) an Italian poet whose best known works include the Canzoniere, a collection of poems, mostly ↑sonnets, about his love for a woman named Laura … Dictionary of contemporary English
Petrarch — [pē′trärk΄] (It. name Francesco Petrarca) 1304 74; It. lyric poet & scholar … English World dictionary
Petrarch — Infobox Writer name = Francesco Petrarca imagesize = 150 px caption = pseudonym = birthdate = Birth date|1304|7|20|df=yes birthplace = Arezzo deathdate = Death date and age|1374|7|19|1304|7|20|df=yes deathplace = Arquà Petrarca occupation =… … Wikipedia
Petrarch — /pee trahrk, pe /, n. (Francesco Petrarca) 1304 74, Italian poet and scholar. * * * Italian Francesco Petrarca born July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Tuscany died July 18/19, 1374, Arquà, near Padua, Carrara Italian scholar, poet, and humanist. After 1326… … Universalium
Petrarch — (Francesco Petrarca, 1304 1374) Italian poet and hu manist, commonly ranked as second only to Dante among Italian poets and conventionally designated as the first humanist (more ac curately, the first humanist to gain a widespread reputation)… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
Petrarch — (Francesco Petrarca; 1304 1374) Born in Arezzo, the Italian poet Petrarch was the son of an exiled Florentine notary. In 1311, his family moved to Provence, France, to benefit from the patronage of the papal court of Avignon. Petrarch remained … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Petrarch — Petrarca, Ausschnitt eines Freskos von Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (um 1450) Francesco Petrarca (auch Petrarca oder Petrarch, * 20. Juli 1304 in Arezzo; † 18. Juli 1374 in Arquà) war ein italienischer Dichter und Ge … Deutsch Wikipedia
Petrarch — n. family name; Francesco Petrarch or Francesco Petrarca (1304 1374), Italian humanist and poet who was famous for love lyrics … English contemporary dictionary
Petrarch, Francesco — • Italian poet and humanist (1304 1374) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Petrarch's and Shakespeare's Sonnets — The sonnet is a fourteen line poem finding its origins in Italy around 1235 AD. While the early sonneteers experimented with patterns, Francesco Petrarch began to solidify sonnet structure. The Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet consists of an octave … Wikipedia
Petrarch, Francis — (Francesco Petrarca) (1304–1374) Petrarch is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest Italian writers, and is generally recognized as the founder of the movement that came to be known as humanism a movement that aimed to revive the… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
