Petrarch - Principal Works

PRINCIPAL WORKS

*Rerum familiarium libra [Books on Personal Matters] (letters) 1325-1366

†Rerum vulgarium fragmenta [Canzoniere] (poetry) begun 1330s

De viris illustribus [On Illustrious Men] (biographies) begun 1337

Africa (unfinished epic poem) begun 1338-1339

Trionfi [The Triumphs] (unfinished poem) begun 1338

Secretum [Petrarch's Secret] (dialogues) begun 1342-1343

Rerum memorandarum libri [Books on Matters to Be Remembered] (prose) begun 1342-1343

Psalmi poemitentiales [Penitential Psalms] (poetry) begun 1342-1343

De otio religioso [On Religious Idleness] (essay) 1345-1347

Bucolicum carmen [Bucolic Song] (poetry) begun 1345-1347

De vita solitaria [On the Solitary Life] (essay) 1345-1347

Liber sine nomine [Petrarch's Book without...

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