Petrarch''s Penitential Psalms and Prayers

The first English translation of Petrarch's Psalms and Prayers provides an intimate look at the personal devotions of the "Father of Humanism."

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Other Conventions

1. Introduction

2. A Note on the Translation

3. Petrarch's Seven Psalms

4. Petrarch's Prayers

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism.

Summary

The first English translation of Petrarch’s Psalms and Prayers provides an intimate look at the personal devotions of the “Father of Humanism.”

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Petrarca
• Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.05.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9780268207847
• ISBN: 978-0-268-20784-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries