Petrarca Shorts

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Description: Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), widely known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet, and diplomat. He is universally celebrated as the "Father of Humanism" and one of the earliest figures of the Italian Renaissance, alongside Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio.

Description: Called Petrarch in English, Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) is one of the most important Italian Renaissance figures. His sonnets set the standards in lyrical poetry. The story says that he gave up the career as a priest because of a woman called Laura.