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Sicilian School of Poetry

Type Object Region Sicily Time c. 1220–1260

An Italian lyric poetry school that arose in Frederick II's Sicilian court in the early 13th century, based on the Sicilian vernacular and influenced…

Timeline

  1. 1221–1225Palermo · SicilyFrederick II gathered Provençal and Italian poets in Palermo, fostering a new poetic style through courtly love poetry contests that blended Arab-Latin cultural aesthetics with troubadour meter.
  2. 1226–1230Sicily · SicilyRepresented by Guido delle Colonne, Giacomo da Lentini and others, the school established the tradition of writing lyric poetry in the Italian vernacular, focusing on courtly love and chivalry, and influencing the Italian poetic world before Dante.
  3. 1231–1260Tuscany · TuscanyThe Sicilian School's style spread to Tuscany and elsewhere via merchants, scholars and court envoys, laying the linguistic and metrical foundations for the Dolce Stil Novo school and the Italian national literature of Dante's era.

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