Francesco Petrarch
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
FRANCESCO PETRARCH
BY: MADELYN SCHUBERT
EARLY LIFE
- Born on July 20, 1304
- Born in Arezzo, Italy
- He lived in France as a child
- One of his first jobs was a cleric
WHAT HE IS FAMOUS FOR
- Petrarch wrote poems
- One of the earliest humanists of the renaissance
- First to characterize the Middle Ages as a period of darkness
- "Father of humanism"
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What Petrarch believed in -
"Petrarch believed that humanity could once more reach the heights of past accomplishments"
(Biography.com)
MAJOR POEMS
- Petrarch was extremely proud of his composition Africa, which was written in Latin. It was not published until 3 decades after his death. He dedicated it to Robert Naples, King of Sicily.
- The poem was about the Second Punic war.
- Petrarch explained in the poem human achievements, and he expressed human nature.
WHY THE ARTIFACT REPRESENTED HUMANISM
- The poem was about the second Punic war, and it explained the battles they fought. Instead of basing his poem off of religion, he wrote about Human achievement. He talked about people battering for there lives, and the lives of others. It represents humanism because Petrarch focused on the life of people, not just religion.
OTHER FAMOUS POEMS
- Petrarch wrote 366 poems to The love of his life, a girl named Laura. Laura refused his love, due to the fact that she was married.
HUMANISM
- Petrarch had an interest in ancient literature, and he based his poems off of that time period
- He was said to have formed a bridge from the Middle Ages to the renaissance.
- He took his knowledge from the classical period and applied it to his lifetime.
pETRARCH'S FEELINGS/bELIEFS
- Petrarch believed that humans have intellectual powers
- Believed in learning history and ancient literature
QUOTE BY PETRARCH
- "True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness" ~Francesco Petrarch
ABOUT QUOTE + HUMANISM
- The quote is explaining that we live life by loving someone. He also explains that there is a reason to be madly in love. In Petrarch's life, he focuses on love, and the human life style. He wanted people to live there life to the very fullest, and he wanted people to know that it is okay to fall in love.
