Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
But in carrying out my research on Renaissance literature and gender, I’ve been struck by how many of that period’s love ...
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‘I have no wish to make war’: why it’s time to remember the forgotten Father of Humanism
But today Petrarch’s influence is often overlooked, and his remarkable scholarly achievements which were instrumental in the advent of the Renaissance ... fertile period of his life.