Word: petrarchism
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...Sandys of Cambridge, England, delivered the first of the Lane lectures for this year in the Fogg Lecture Room last night. His subject was "Petrarch and Boccaccio...
...said Dr. Sandys, to exaggerate the ignorance of the Middle Ages, and to forget that the revival of learning in Italy was brought about by a long succession of causes. The link between mediaeval and modern literature is Petrarch. Descended from Florentine ancestry, he was born in 1304. He spent his youth in exile, and was educated at the University of Bologna. His first great achievement was the discovery of Cicero's "Pro Archia" in 1333. He spent a quiet life at Vaucluse and Arqua, where he died in 1374. Petrarch saturated his life with a careful study...
...John Edwin Sandys of Cambridge, England, will give the first of the Lane lectures for this year on "The Study of Latin during the Revival of Learning in Italy" this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fogg Lecture Room. The subject of the lecture will be "Petrarch and Boccaccio...
...CLASSICAL LECTURES. I. "Petrarch and Boccaccio," Dr. Sandys, of Cambridge, England. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...CLASSICAL LECTURES. I. "Petrarch and Boccaccio," Dr. Sandys, of Cambridge, England. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...