FRANCESCO PETRARCH

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• Became a prolific writer of sonnets
• Joined the Franciscan friars.
• Made a poem about e second Punic war which was a Latin composition on Africa.
• He was made poet laureate in Rome.
• Wrote bucolicum Carmen and de vita solitaria.

QUICK FACTS

• Was born July 20, 1304 at Arezzo, Tuscany
• Then died on July 19, 1374 at Arqua, Carrara

HIS FEELINGS AND BELIEFS

• His most well known compositions were lyrical poems about a woman he fell in love for .
• He believed that it was important to learn so that is why he translated books and poems.

QUOTES

• "My anger has very often injured myself, but never others".

HUMANISM

• Francesco himself is the founder of humanism.
• This is because he spent his time translating books and poems for others to learn.
• He is an example of humanism because of his major achievements that he did
• Like when he was made poet laureate in Rome. So he was the best poet in Rome.

CITED SOURCES

• Biography.com
• Lordsandladies.org