Francesco Petrarch

Francis Petrarch
Selections from his Correspondences
from
James Harvey Robinson, ed. and trans.
Francesco Petrarca: The First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters
(New York: G.P. Putnam, 1898)

Hanover Historical Texts Project
Scanned by Jason Boley and Jacob Miller in August, 1995.
Proofread by Monica Banas, Stephanie Hammett, and Heather Haralson in April, 1996.

Selection 1 - Francesco Petrarch to Posterity
Selection 2 - Petrarch's Preface to his First Collection of Letters
Selection 3 - Petrarch's Passion for Work - The Trials of a Man of Letters
Selection 4 - The Visit to the Goldsmith at Bergamo
Selection 5 - Petrarch Disclaims all Jealousy of Dante
Selection 6 - The Story of Griselda
Selection 7 - On the Italian Language and Literature
Selection 8 - His Aversion to Logicians
Selection 9 - To Marcus Tullius Cicero (1 of 2)
Selection 10 - The Old Grammarian of Vicenza
Selection 11 - To Marcus Tullius Cicero (2 of 2)
Selection 12 - To Homer
Selection 13 - On the Nature of Poetry
Selection 14 - On the Scarcity of Copyists
Selection 15 - The Young Humanist of Ravenna
Selection 16 - An Excursion to Paris, the Netherlands, and the Rhine
Selection 17 - The Ascent of Mount Ventoux
Selection 18 - Ignorance and Presumption Rebuked
Selection 19 - The Charms of Pavia
Selection 20 - To Cola di Rienzo
Selection 21 - Rienzo under the Protection of the Muses
Selection 22 - To the Roman People, urging them to Intervene in Rienzo's Trial
Selection 23 - To Charles IV, Emperor August of the Romans
Selection 24 - His Audience with the Emperor
Selection 25 - Religion does not Require us to Give up Literature
Selection 26 - On a Religious Life
Selection 27 - On the Impossibility of Acquiring Fame during one's Lifetime
Selection 28 - Petrarch's Intention to Work until the Last

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