Petrarca

Francesco Petrarca (matamshi wa Kiitalia: franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka; Arezzo, 20 Julai 1304 – Arquà, Padua, 18/19 Julai 1374) alikuwa mshairi wa Italia wakati wa mwanzo wa Renaissance^[1].

Petrarca alivyochorwa na Altichiero.

Nyumba alimozaliwa Petrarca huko Arezzo.

Mnara wa kengele wa Santa Maria della Pieve huko Arezzo.

Katika karne ya 16, Pietro Bembo alisanifisha Kiitalia kwa kutegemea maandishi ya Petrarca na Giovanni Boccaccio, hata kuliko yale ya Dante Alighieri.^[2]

Maandishi yake katika tafsiri ya Kiingereza

• Francesco Petrarch, Letters on Familiar Matters (Rerum familiarium libri), translated by Aldo S. Bernardo (New York: Italica Press, 2005). Volume 1, Books 1–8; Volume 2, Books 9–16; Volume 3, Books 17–24 ^{[ISBN missing]}
• Francesco Petrarch, Letters of Old Age (Rerum senilium libri), translated by Aldo S. Bernardo, Saul Levin & Reta A. Bernardo (New York: Italica Press, 2005). Volume 1, Books 1–9; Volume 2, Books 10–18 ^{[ISBN missing]}
• Francesco Petrarch, My Secret Book, (Secretum), translated by Nicholas Mann. Harvard University Press ^{[ISBN missing]}
• Francesco Petrarch, On Religious Leisure (De otio religioso), edited & translated by Susan S. Schearer, introduction by Ronald G. Witt (New York: Italica Press, 2002) ^{[ISBN missing]}
• Francesco Petrarch, The Revolution of Cola di Rienzo, translated from Latin and edited by Mario E. Cosenza; 3rd, revised, edition by Ronald G. Musto (New York; Italica Press, 1996) ^{[ISBN missing]}
• Francesco Petrarch, Selected Letters, vol. 1 and 2, translated by Elaine Fantham. Harvard University Press ^{[ISBN missing]}