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Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters A Selection from His Correspondence with Boccaccio and Other Friends, Designed to Illustrate the Beginnings of the Renaissance

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374; Robinson, James Harvey, 1863-1936 [Translator]; Rolfe, Henry Winchester, 1858- [Translator]· 2 chapters· 86,519 words

20: Robert (who died in 1343) was the grandson of that Charles of Anjou (the brother of St. Louis) who had been called in by the popes to succeed the house of Hohenstaufen in the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. He was Petrarch's sovereign (_Fam_., iv., 3), for Avignon belonged t...

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1. Part iv.

20: Robert (who died in 1343) was the grandson of that Charles of Anjou (the brother of St. Louis) who had been called in by the popes to succeed the house of Hohenstaufen in th...

2. letter I will say nothing, both because your treatment is quite

exhaustive, and because the language of religious discussion could have little weight in the mouth of a sinful and miserable man, such as I. I content myself with admiring in si...