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Francesco Petrarca

Type Figure Region Italy Time 1304–1374 Also known as Petrarch (Chinese)、Petrarch (alt Chinese)

Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) was an Italian poet, scholar, and forerunner of humanism, known for the Canzoniere and Latin works;…

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  1. 1304–1306Arezzo · TuscanyPetrarch was born in Arezzo on 20 July 1304; his father Pietro Petrarca left Florence for political reasons. Between 1304 and 1306 he spent his infancy in Tuscany, with the family moving amid the political turmoil of the city-states, laying early groundwork for his later sensitivity to classical culture and personal fate.
  2. 1306–1310Avignon · ProvenceFrom around 1306 Petrarca moved with his father to the region of the papal court at Avignon, spending his childhood in Provence. Between 1306 and 1310 he had not yet received systematic classical education, but grew up amid the papal court and Italian immigrant communities, where he would later begin his early studies and literary awakening.

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