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.

Familiar Letters - Francesco Petrarch to Posterity
Familiar Letters - Petrarch's Preface to his First Collection of Letters
Familiar Letters - Petrarch's Passion for Work - The Trials of a Man of Letters
Familiar Letters - The Visit to the Goldsmith at Bergamo
Familiar Letters - Petrarch Disclaims all Jealousy of Dante
Familiar Letters - The Story of Griselda
Familiar Letters - On the Italian Language and Literature
Familiar Letters - His Aversion to Logicians
Familiar Letters - To Marcus Tullius Cicero (1 of 2)
Familiar Letters - The Old Grammarian of Vicenza
Familiar Letters - To Marcus Tullius Cicero (2 of 2)
Familiar Letters - To Homer
Familiar Letters - On the Nature of Poetry
Familiar Letters - On the Scarcity of Copyists
Familiar Letters - The Young Humanist of Ravenna
Familiar Letters - An Excursion to Paris, the Netherlands, and the Rhine
Familiar Letters - The Ascent of Mount Ventoux
Familiar Letters - Ignorance and Presumption Rebuked
Familiar Letters - The Charms of Pavia
Familiar Letters - To Cola di Rienzo
Familiar Letters - Rienzo under the Protection of the Muses
Familiar Letters - To the Roman People, urging them to Intervene in Rienzo's Trial
Familiar Letters - To Charles IV, Emperor August of the Romans
Familiar Letters - His Audience with the Emperor
Familiar Letters - Religion does not Require us to Give up Literature
Familiar Letters - On a Religious Life
Familiar Letters - On the Impossibility of Acquiring Fame during one's Lifetime
Familiar Letters - Petrarch's Intention to Work until the Last

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