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Pietro Bembo

Type Figure Region Italy Time 1470–1547 Also known as Bembo

Pietro Bembo (1470–1547) was an Italian Renaissance scholar, poet, and cardinal who established Tuscan as the standard of Italian written literature …

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  1. 1470–1500Venice · VenetoBembo was born into a Venetian noble family, received a humanist education, studied Latin and Greek, and took part in literary circles in his youth, collaborating with publishers such as Aldus Manutius.
  2. 1500–1513Ferrara · Emilia-RomagnaBembo took part in Renaissance literary circles in Ferrara, Urbino, and elsewhere, advocating imitation of Petrarch and Boccaccio, and associating with notables such as Castiglione and Isabella d'Este, establishing his literary authority.
  3. 1521–1530Venice · VenetoAfter 1521 Bembo returned to Venice to devote himself to writing, publishing Prose della volgar lingua in 1525, which systematically argued for the Florentine-Tuscan tradition as the model of the Italian national written language, with enormous influence on the later development of Italian.
  4. 1530–1547Rome · Papal StatesIn 1539 Bembo was raised to cardinal, took part in papal affairs in Rome, and continued to sponsor humanist scholarship and publishing; he died in Rome in 1547, leaving a legacy of language standardization theory and lyric poetry.

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