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Born in Arezzo, Italy, Petrarch was still a child when he and his family moved to Avignon, following the Papal court in 1312. A poet and scholar, Petrarch was regarded as the father of Humanism and of the modern Italian language and his writings and beliefs are widely held to have set the stage for the birth of the Renaissance.
The most celebrated of his vernacular poetry was about Laura, a woman with whom he fell in love after seeing her in a Church in Avignon in 1327. Her true name is unknown, yet she was immortalised in a series of poems in which Petrarch praises her beauty and character.
The most celebrated of his vernacular poetry was about Laura, a woman with whom he fell in love after seeing her in a Church in Avignon in 1327. Her true name is unknown, yet she was immortalised in a series of poems in which Petrarch praises her beauty and character.