Questions tagged [francesco-petrarca]
Questions about the works of the Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca, also known as Petrarch (1304 – 1374) and his life as a writer. For works he wrote in Latin, add the tag [latin-literature]; for works he wrote in Italian, add the tag [italian-literature].
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Quote for the "dark ages" and "middle ages"?
I'm reading how Francesco Petrarch coined the terms "dark ages" and "middle ages" but I can't find anything remotely resembling a quote for where he coined these terms.
Where, in ...
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Why does Petrarch's sequence of poems to Laura have three different titles?
Petrarch's celebrated sequence of 366 poems to Laura goes by three different titles. As far as I can tell, they're used interchangeably:
Il Canzoniere, The Songbook
Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta, ...
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Numbering of Petrarch's sonnets
I have a question regarding the numbering of the Petrarch's sonnets.
The Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt transcribed for piano three of the Sonnets: 47, 104, 123. We can be sure of which ...
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