Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet
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| FRANCESCO PETRARCH |
3 pts: Humanists studied the liberal arts-grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy or ethics, and ancient Greek and Roman authors.
This man is often called the "father" of Italian Renaissance humanism".
2 pts: He sought to find forgotten Latin manuscripts by searching monastic libraries throughout Europe and considered Cicero "the prince of the language". 1 pt: Described intellectual life as one of solitude not family & action. He loved "Laura" from afar! |
| "If burning far away, and freezing near, Are signs that Love consumes me to the core, Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss." |
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