Laura de Noves, believed to have been Petrarch's LauraIt's hard to exaggerate the contributions of Francesco Petrarca, known to the English speaking world as Petrarch, to the Renaissance, the birth of humanism, and what we still call (I suppose) civilization in general.It's likewise hard to exaggerate the freshness of his poetry; indeed, I still recall (as if it were yesterday) the moment some thirty-five years ago w…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:59PM on February 24, 2014