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Petrarch

Petrarch. By: Ben Antoine. About Me. Francesco Petrarch Born July 20, 1304 in Arezzo Died on July 19, 1374 Pietro di Parenzo di Garzo  was is father His father died in 1326. Family. He had a brother name Gherardo He had 2 children One of his children's name are Giovanni

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Petrarch

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  1. Petrarch By: Ben Antoine

  2. About Me • Francesco Petrarch • Born July 20, 1304 in Arezzo • Died on July 19, 1374 • Pietro di Parenzo di Garzo was is father • His father died in 1326

  3. Family • He had a brother name Gherardo • He had 2 children • One of his children's name are Giovanni • His other child name is  Francesca • Giovanni died by the plague in Avignon in 1361 • Francesca was Petrarch's 2 born • Francesca had 2 of her own children later on

  4. Background • In 1316 he went to study in Montpellier with his brother • Shortly after in 1319 his mother died • In 1320 he went to study law in bologna • In 1326 Petrarch abandons his study of law and turns to the classics of which he studied in small amounts during his schooling • Him and his brother enter the service of the chruch

  5. Major work • Petrarch wrote hundreds of poems about a girl name Laura de Noves • In 1336 he begins to compile RerumVulgariumFragmenta also called the Song Book • When Petrarch dies the Song Book has 366 poems, mostly sonnets

  6. Familiares • In 1345 Verona Petrarch discovers a collection of letters written by Cicero and collected by him over 1000 years ago • Petrarch begins to follow Cicero's lead and starts a collection of his own letters which he called Familiares • His Familiares will end up being a collection of 350 letters in 24 books spanning from 1325 to 1366. • Petrarch would terminate Familiares years later and begin Seniles

  7. Final moments • Petrarch would live out the rest of his life in Italy • Still in the service of the church and going on diplomatic missions from time to time • On the morning of July 19, 1374, a day before his birthday, Francesca walked in to Petrarch’s study and found him slumped over on his desk with a pen in his hand • He was buried in Parish church

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