The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch

The full compendium of Petrarch's poetic verses are published in this high quality edition without abridgement.

Notable for being the pivotal figure whose work commenced the Italian Renaissance, Francesco Petrarca's significance is gargantuan. His personal rediscovery of authentic correspondences written by the Roman statesman and legal scholar Cicero was the spark that set the enthusiasm for the arts and sciences alight throughout Italy and later much of Europe in a trend which would span c...