he was an Italian man who was a humanist and a poet and some other thing that, i believe, lived during the renaissance. He is best known for writing letters to a woman named L…aura. Laura represents beautiful women and his love for her represent the best love anyone can have. (MORE)
He was an Italian scholar, poet, and humanist. He became famous over his poems addressed to an unknown person named Laura which is without a doubt the most beautiful name in… the English language any girl with the name Laura is the most amazing person and it will always be so. obviously Petrarch had amazing taste in muses. (MORE)
Francesco Petrarca was an Italian poet from the Renaissance. He wasborn in the year 1304 in the city of Arezzo, in Tuscan, and iscommonly called 'The Father of Humanism'. Amon…g his works there arethe 'Canzoniere', 'Secretum', 'De Vita Solitaria', 'De RemediisUtriusque Fortunae' and 'Itinerarium'. His collections of letters,such as 'Epistolae familiares' and 'Seniles' are also famous. (MORE)
He died in Arquà in the Euganean Hills on July 18, 1374. Accordingto Domenico Arentino, he died from apoplexy (stroke). He was foundin his library, with his head reclining …on a book. (MORE)
Petrarch was influenced by his hero, Cicero, and frequently wrote letters to him though he died over 1000 years before Petrarch was born. Also,many of his poems are about/adre…ssed to a woman named Laura, whom he was in love with. Laura's true identity remains unknown. (MORE)
Petrarch believed many things. Petrarch was called the father of humanism because he taught the people of the renaissance how to be "human" in other words how to enjoy life by… dancing, being creative, or being curious without having to worry about not following the rights of the bible or not being christian. Petrarch told them that they could be "human" and still be good Christian's. He introduced to them the importance of education and made people think about new things like different music and dances. Because Petrarch made everyone curious about inventing or being creative, now we have our modern dances like shuffling or jerking and music like rapping, have you ever heard the saying "curiosity killed the cat, and satisfaction brought it back"? Well in this case of the curiosity in the renaissance, we have our modern music, dances, and even clothe styles. (MORE)
Giacomo da Lentini is usually credited with the invention of the sonnet (though the form has a long and rich history both before and after Giacomo). Sonnets had certainly b…een around for a while before Petrarch (at least a century). (MORE)
Francesco de Petrach was a Renaissance poet and scholar who believed that writing his works in the "peoples dialect" of Tuscan was a good idea. He also wrote in Latin and he o…ften translated Latin to the Tuscan dialect. Petrach was a poet in the sonnet poetic form and his poems influenced other European poets who wanted to and did write their works in common languages of their countries. Petrach was not "Church orientated" and his essays on philosophy, religion and politics reflected what can be called a humanistic approach to these sensitive topics. (MORE)