THIS TRANSLATION makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Petrarchs earliest and perhaps most important collection of prose letters. They were written for the most part between 1325 and 1366, and were organized into the present collection of twenty-four books between 1345 and 1366.

THE COLLECTION represents a portrait of the artist as a young man seen through the eyes of the mature artist. Whether in the writing of poetry, or being crowned poet laureate, or in confessing his faults, describing the dissolution of the kingdom of Naples, summoning up the grandeur of...

THIS TRANSLATION makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Petrarchs earliest and perhaps most important collection of prose letters. They were written for the most part between 1325 and 1366, and were organized into the present collection of twenty-four books between 1345 and 1366.

THE COLLECTION represents a portrait of the artist as a young man seen through the eyes of the mature artist. Whether in the writing of poetry, or being crowned poet laureate, or in confessing his faults, describing the dissolution of the kingdom of Naples, summoning up the grandeur of...

THIS TRANSLATION makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Petrarchs earliest and perhaps most important collection of prose letters. They were written for the most part between 1325 and 1366, and were organized into the present collection of twenty-four books between 1345 and 1366.

THE COLLECTION represents a portrait of the artist as a young man seen through the eyes of the mature artist. Whether in the writing of poetry, or being crowned poet laureate, or in confessing his faults, describing the dissolution of the kingdom of Naples, summoning up the grandeur of...

Aldo Bernardo and his collaborators extend the translation project begun with the Familiares to the letter collection of Petrarchs old age, the Seniles. In these 128 letters, most of which appear for the first time here in English translation, we find Petrarchs mature judgment on the central issues of early Italian humanism. With Boccaccio, to whom he addresses more letters than anyone else, Petrarch shares his ideas about the literary culture of the age.

Two entire books on the structure and role of the Church are addressed to Pope Urban V and his secretary, Francesco Bruni, and another...

Aldo Bernardo and his collaborators extend the translation project begun with the Familiares to the letter collection of Petrarchs old age, the Seniles. In these 128 letters, most of which appear for the first time here in English translation, we find Petrarchs mature judgment on the central issues of early Italian humanism. With Boccaccio, to whom he addresses more letters than anyone else, Petrarch shares his ideas about the literary culture of the age.

Two entire books on the structure and role of the Church are addressed to Pope Urban V and his secretary, Francesco Bruni, and another...

"The Lives of the Popes and Emperors" enjoyed a number of printings in the early Renaissance: Florence, 1478; Venice, 1507, 1526 and 1534. Today copies of these editions may be found in at least eight American libraries: New York Public, University of Miami, Chicago, Cornell, Indiana, Princeton, Washington (Seattle) and Yale. The obvious reason for this popularity was its attribution to Petrarch and Petrarch's reputation as a great historian of the eminent men of the ancient past. In fact, his greatest work was often considered his "De viris illustribus" - Latin biographies of the outstanding...

"The Lives of the Popes and Emperors" enjoyed a number of printings in the early Renaissance: Florence, 1478; Venice, 1507, 1526 and 1534. Today copies of these editions may be found in at least eight American libraries: New York Public, University of Miami, Chicago, Cornell, Indiana, Princeton, Washington (Seattle) and Yale. The obvious reason for this popularity was its attribution to Petrarch and Petrarch's reputation as a great historian of the eminent men of the ancient past. In fact, his greatest work was often considered his "De viris illustribus" - Latin biographies of the outstanding...