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Petrarch (jul 20, 1304 – jul 19, 1374)

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Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
Petrarch is important to European history because he is considered to be the father of Italian humanism. He was one of the first to characterize the Middle Ages as a dark period and say that medieval culture was ignorant.

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jul 20, 1304
jul 19, 1374
~ 70 years