Petrarch (jul 20, 1304 – jul 19, 1374)
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He is an Italian poet, one of greatest love poets of literature, believed that recovery of classical texts would bring about a new age of intellectual agreement. He is considered the "Father of Humanism" and argued it to be a beneficiary of classical learning and eloquence.
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AP Euro Timeline-Francesca Morisano
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