Petrarch

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Petrarch

• By Taylor Eastham

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The Renaissance

• The Renaissance was a time of rebirth for Europe.
  The Renaissance brought new styles of art and new
  ways of thinking for the people of Europe. This
  is when the concepts of the isms Humanism,
  Individualism, Secularism, and Scientific
  Naturalism first came into the world. People
  became more educated during this period because
  of the printing press and ideas being able to be
  spread quickly because of this. It also brought a
  reform of the church.

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Biography

• On July 20, 1304 Petrarch was born in the city of
  Arezzo with the name of Francesco Petrarca. He
  studied law in France then later Italy, but his
  real passion was for Latin literature and
  writing. He quit law in 1326 and served in a
  clerical position this gave him time to study
  literature and writing. In 1327 he met Laura de
  Noves a woman he obsessed about for the rest of
  his life although the love was not returned. He
  was well known throughout Europe, he was a
  celebrity of that time. He is known as the first
  tourist because he traveled widely for the
  pleasure of it. He is known as the father of
  Humanism.
• He died on July 19, 1374.

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Petrarch influence on the Renaissance

• He studied the classics of the Greek and Roman
  and he was enlightened by the fact that humans
  could once again obtain that greatness and this
  is why he is looked upon as the father of
  humanism. Humanism is the biggest ism from the
  renaissance that was incorporated into his work.
  This is shown by his his classically written work
  including his sonnets to Laura. There are 366 of
  these sonnets they all profess his undying love
  for Laura, a woman he possibly never even talked
  to but simply admired from a far. He touches on
  secularism when talking about his love for Laura
  a materialistic thing. He didnt touch on the
  subjects of individualism and scientific
  naturalism in his works.

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Influences on the isms

• He influenced humanism by writing his works in an
  humanistic style then when his works became
  popular in Europe the concept of humanism was
  spread through people reading his works. His
  sonnets to Laura are seen as great works of this
  time period because he was one of the first to
  talk about the concepts of unrequited love.
  Seeing he is known as the father of humanism he
  barely if at all touched on the other isms in
  his works.