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Petrarch's Book Without a Name

Francesco Petrarca

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Petrarch's Liber sine nomine is a collection of nineteen letters on the corruption of the papal court at Avignon, and on Petrarch's hopes for the reestablishment of the temporal spiritual preeminence of Rome. These letters represent the impassioned criticism of an intelligent observer who had first-hand knowledge of the corruption of Avignon, "the newest Babylon." Avignon is "where frankness is called foolishness, cunning is called wisdom, God is despised, money worshipped, the laws trodden underfoot." Rome, where Petrarch believed the papacy rightfully should be located, was "the holy mother, the queen of cities." Indeed, his indictment of the papacy was so unremitting, that Petrarch had to exclude the letters from his collected Epistolae familiares, hold them back from publication until after his death, and remove the names of his correspondents as well as most clues to their identities.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Release: January 01, 1973

ISBN: 0888442602

ISBN 13: 9780888442604

Petrarch's Book Without a Name

Francesco Petrarca

3/5 ( ratings)

Petrarch's Liber sine nomine is a collection of nineteen letters on the corruption of the papal court at Avignon, and on Petrarch's hopes for the reestablishment of the temporal spiritual preeminence of Rome. These letters represent the impassioned criticism of an intelligent observer who had first-hand knowledge of the corruption of Avignon, "the newest Babylon." Avignon is "where frankness is called foolishness, cunning is called wisdom, God is despised, money worshipped, the laws trodden underfoot." Rome, where Petrarch believed the papacy rightfully should be located, was "the holy mother, the queen of cities." Indeed, his indictment of the papacy was so unremitting, that Petrarch had to exclude the letters from his collected Epistolae familiares, hold them back from publication until after his death, and remove the names of his correspondents as well as most clues to their identities.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Release: January 01, 1973

ISBN: 0888442602

ISBN 13: 9780888442604

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