Francesco Petrarca

Petrarch's Penitential Psalms and Prayers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first English translation of Petrarch's Psalms and Prayers provides an intimate look at the personal devotions of the "Father of Humanism."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2024
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• ISBN-13: 9780268207854
• ISBN-10: 0268207852
• Artikelnr.: 69834626

Autorenporträt

Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Other Conventions
1. Introduction
2. A Note on the Translation
3. Petrarch's Seven Psalms
4. Petrarch's Prayers
Bibliography
Index