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The Renaissance
In this Renaissance worksheet, students read a 2 page article covering The Renaissance period, answer 5 facts with multiple choice answers and answer 5 statements true or false.
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The Renaissance
Students study the work of Renaissance artists and investigate the value of their contributions. They investigate how beauty and thinking were stressed during this time period by participating in art and research activities.
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The Sonnet: Renaissance Representative
Students compose couplets, quatrains, and sonnets after learning about Italian and English sonnets. In this sonnets lesson plan, students read sonnets, analyze them, connect them to the Renaissance and present times, and then write their...
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The English Sonnet: Michael Drayton
Students discover literature by conducting a free writing experiment. In this sonnet lesson plan, students read the sonnet "The Parting" and compare it to modern-day songs about breaking up. Students listen to pop music in class and...
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Francis Petrarch
This page from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page of Harvard University provides great information on Petrarch. Read about his life, his influence on literature, and view texts of his works.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Donne's Relation to Petrarch
Contains full text of "Donne's Relation to Petrarch," as appears in "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature." Explains how Donne broke the Petrarchian poetic style.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Francesco Petrarch: Letters, C 1372
This is an interesting site from the Medieval Sourcebook that lists some letters that Petrarch wrote to dead figures of the past. It will provide the researcher with a better understanding of the great historian and humanist.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Human Glory Is Enough for Me: Petrarch, the Father of Humanism
In-depth learning activity on Scholasticism and the development of Humanistic thought includes research, writing and class discussion. Comprehensive resource material.
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Petrarch and Laura: Peter Sadlon: How to Write a Sonnet [Pdf]
This is an 8-page PDF article on "How to Write a Sonnet" by Peter Sadlon. It provides background information about sonnets, discusses the two main kinds of sonnet Italian or Petrarchan form and English or Shakespearean form. It explains...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: English Pertrarchan Sonnets
This lesson focuses on English Pertrarchan sonnets which were translated into English by Sir Thomas Wyatt who then created his own poetry in the Pertrarchan form. It features Wyatt's poems "They Flee from Me" (in text and audio) and...
Sonnet Central
Sonnet in England (1880) James A. Noble
"The Sonnet in England (1880)" by James Ashcroft Noble discusses the history of the sonnet from Petrarch through modern day. Hypertexr links to examples and other resources.
Harvard University
Harvard's Chaucer Page: Compare Chaucer & Petrarch
Chaucer, in his "Canticus Troili" from Book One of "Troilus and Criseyda," draws from Petrarch's "If Love Does Not Exist." The former is written in Middle English, the latter in Italian, both without glossaries or further translation, so...
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Petrarch: Peter Sadlon: English Court Poets and Petrarchism
This is a class talk by Matthew Griffiths to his students on the topic of English court poets and Petrachism focusing on poets Wyatt, Sidney, and Spenser and their works. Topics include themes of courtly and platonic love, the role of...
ThoughtCo
About.com: Renaissance Humanism
Explains what Renaissance Humanism means, its origins, the role of Petrarch as the 'Father of Italian Humanism,' how it evolved through the 15th and into the 16th century, and how it ended.
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Web Gallery of Art: Petrarch
An image of "Petrarch", created by Louis-Leon Cugnot in 1865 (Marble).
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Web Gallery of Art: Petrarch: Triumphs
An image of "Petrarch: Triumphs", created by Ser Ricciardo Di Nanni, c. 1480 (Manuscript , 115 x 75 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Petrarch: Triumphs, Songs
An image of "Petrarch: Triumphs, Songs", created by Francesco Di Antonio Del Chierico in 1456 (Manuscript , 270 x 170 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Simone Memmi Drawing Laura's Portrait for Petrarch
An image of "Simone Memmi Drawing Laura's Portrait for Petrarch", created by Pietro Saltini in 1863 (Oil on canvas, 118 x 143 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Petrarch: Songs, Triumphs
An image of "Petrarch: Songs, Triumphs", created by Bartolomeo Della Gatta from 1474-82 (Manuscript , 358 x 231 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Petrarch's Virgil (Title Page)
An image of "Petrarch's Virgil (title page)", created by Simone Martini, c. 1336 (Manuscript , 295 x 200 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Man With a Petrarch
An image of "Man with a Petrarch", created by Jean Clouetz (Chalk drawing).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Francesco Petrarch
(1304-1374) Italian scholar and poet of the Renaissance.