Francesco Petrarca, known in English as Petrarch, was born on 20 July 1304 in Arezzo, Tuscany, and died during the night of 18–19 July 1374 at Arquà, near Padua. He stands among the decisive makers of European literary culture: a poet whose Italian lyrics established an enduring language of desire; a Latin author who sought to restore the prestige and moral seriousness of classical letters; a tireless correspondent a…
“Five enemies of peace live with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride; if these were banished, we should enjoy perpetual peace.”
Neighbourhood:
Italian Renaissance Poets, Love Poets, Medieval Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Tenderness, Sensuality
In the misty highlands and rolling lowlands of 14th-century Scotland, where the fierce winds carried tales of valor and the long shadow of English invasion still chilled the hearts of patriots, John Barbour stood as a beacon of literary innovation and national spirit. A churchman by vocation yet a storyteller by passion, Barbour crafted the first major work of literature in the Scots tongue, an epic that would ignite…
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Medieval Poets, Scottish Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Joy, Wonder
