INDEX
Abelard, [19] n., [152]
Acedia, [429] sqq.
Æneid, allegorical significance of,
as viewed by Petrarch, [233] sqq., [438]
Africa, Petrarch's epic, [23], [274] sq.;
first conceived, [70];
submitted and dedicated to Robert of Naples, [72];
work resumed upon, [74] and n., [450] sqq.
"Age of despots," [107], [332]
Agrippa, Marcus, [303]
Aix-la-Chapelle, [300] sq.
Allegorical significance of the Æneid, [233] sqq., [438]
Allegory, Petrarch's mediæval conceptions of, [233] sq., [261] sq., [438].
Ancient views of life, [227]
Ancisa, [65]
Annotations, Petrarch's, [29], [33], [437]
Anthony, St., [318]
Antidotes for Good and Evil Fortune, [22];
dedicated to Azzo di Correggio, [110]
Antiquity, Petrarch's love for, [64]
Archia, Pro, Petrarch's discovery of, [345]
Ardennes, Forest of, [305]
Arezzo, [61], [138] and n.
Aristotelians, Petrarch attacks, [39] sq.
Aristotle, Ethics of, [35], [40];
authority of, in Middle Ages, [37] sq.;
works of, brought to Western Europe, [38];
Petrarch's opinion of, [37] sqq., [219] sq., [237];
on origin of poetry, [262]
Arno, [138]
Arnold, Matthew, his view of fame, [404]
Arquà, [128]
Astrologers, [42] sq.
Augustine, St., [317], [321] sq.;
interlocutor in Petrarch's Secret, [18], [93] sqq., [415] sqq.;
influence of his teaching, [92] and n.;
Petrarch's spiritual guide, [92], [280] sq.;
his opinion of Plato quoted, [282]
Augustus, Cæsar, [59], [321], [447]
Autobiography, Petrarch's, [65] sqq., [76], [413] sqq.
Autograph-mongers, [52]
Averroes, [212], [214] sqq., [383]
Averroists, Petrarch's rencontre with, [211] sqq., [214] sqq., [215] n.
Avignon, [79] sq.;
seat of papal court, [65], [85] sqq.;
Petrarch's removal to, [65];
his dislike of, [69];
description of, [86] sq.;
removal from, [119]
Azzo di Correggio, [83], [107] sqq., [110]
Babylonish Captivity, [65] sq., [85] sq.
Basle edition of Petrarch's works, iv., [21] n., [115]
Benedict, St., [393]
Benefices, [83] sq., [110] sq.
Bergamo, goldsmith of, [169] sqq.;
Petrarch's visit to, [173] sqq.;
Best Form of Government, The, Petrarch's, [127]
Boccaccio, Giovanni, Petrarch's first meeting with, [115], [189] sq.;
Petrarch's estimate of, [206] sqq.;
his letters to Petrarch, [158];
his library, [394] sq.;
his complaints, [395] sq.;
visits Petrarch at Venice, [287], n. 3;
embassy of, to Avignon, [320];
burns his Italian verses, [199] sqq.;
forewarned of approaching death, [387] sqq.;
bidden to renounce literature, [388] sqq.;
would persuade Petrarch to give up work, [457] sqq.;
possible author of letter from shade of Homer, [295] n.
Boëthius, [321], [322] and notes 1, 2
Bologna, [66];
Petrarch studies at, [81];
one student of Homer at, [259]
Bologna, Giovanni Andrea di, [279] n.;
ignorance of, rebuked, [279] sqq., [287], n. 1
Books, copying of, in the Middle Ages, [26] sqq.
Bryce, James, [334]
Burckhardt gives currency to idea of Renaissance, [6], [9]
Canzoniere, Petrarch's, editions of, [23] sq.;
as an expression of Petrarch's thought, [15] sq., [231].
See also Sonnets
Capitol, the, Petrarch's address upon, [105] sq.
Capra, Henry, [172]
Carpentras, Petrarch's schooling at, [66], [80] sq.
Carrara, Giacomo of, [75] and n., [114];
invites Petrarch to Padua, [74] sq.
Cato, [135]
Charles IV., Emperor, his letter to Petrarch, [158];
campaign of, in Italy, [363], [364] and n.;
visits Italy, [369];
retreat from Italy, [376] sq.;
attitude of, toward Rienzo, [337];
his relations with Petrarch, [125], [376], [377] n.;
invites Petrarch to Prague, [386];
Petrarch's letter to, urging him to hasten to Italy, [361] sq.;
Petrarch's attitude toward, [358];
Petrarch accompanies him beyond Piacenza, [375].
See also Emperor
Charles the Great, [300]
Children of Petrarch, [62] n.
Cicero, Petrarch's appreciation of, [229] sqq., [232];
Petrarch's views concerning character of, [147], [239] sqq., [244] sqq., [249] sqq.;
concerning works of, [135], [137], [141], [244], [247], [249] sqq., [282];
influence of, on Petrarch, [50], [141], [231], [330];
letters from Petrarch to, [239] sqq., [249] sqq.;
Petrarch discovers a portion of letters of, [111], [230] n., [239] n.;
copies a MS. of, [276] sqq.;
defends from supposed attack of Sidonius, [141] sqq.;
lost works of, [251];
Old Age of, [461]
Classics, copies of, not uncommon in thirteenth century, [25];
neglect of, in Middle Ages, [25] sq., [228];
Petrarch's appreciation of, [228] sqq.
Coins, Roman, presented to the Emperor by Petrarch, [371] sq.
Cologne, Petrarch's visit to, [301] sqq.;
literary spirits in, [302];
cathedral of, [304]
Colonna, see Colonnesi
Colonnesi, patrons of Petrarch, [67];
Giacomo Colonna befriends Petrarch, [67], [84];
takes him to Gascony, [68], [85];
Petrarch's premonition of death of, [44] sqq.;
Giovanni Colonna, Cardinal, [68], [70] sq.;
Stephano Colonna, [69]
Coluccio Salutati, letters of, to Petrarch, [158]
Commensal chaplain, Petrarch's position as, [68], n. 3
Confessions, Petrarch's, [18], [93], [412] sqq.
Confessions, of Augustine, [316] sq.
Convennevole, [80] sq., [103]
Copyists, [151];
faithlessness of, [27] sq.;
scarcity of, [275] sq.
Coronation of Petrarch as poet, [101] sqq., [105];
importance of, [106] sq.;
origin of custom, [103] sq., [444] sq.
Correggio, family of, [73];
Azzo di, [83], [107] sqq.;
Petrarch's friendship for, [110]
Correspondence, obstacles in way of, in Middle Ages, [51] sqq.
Correspondence, Petrarch's, divisions of, [153].
See also Letters
Critic, Petrarch recognised as a, [166]
Critical editions of classics, absence of, in fourteenth century, [24] sq.
Criticism, want of, in Middle Ages, [35] sq.
Culex, [201]
Dante, friend of Petracco, [181];
political views of, [333] sq.;
attitude toward Rome, [98] sq.;
on result of personal acquaintance, [407] n.;
on allegory, [234];
Petrarch disclaims all jealousy of, [178] sqq.;
eulogises, [181] sqq.;
Petrarch's estimate of, [175] sqq., [203]
Death, Petrarch's, [128], [468] n.;
meditation on, [421] sqq.
Decameron, [191] sq.
Declamations of Seneca, [188]
Defensor Pacis, [334]
Despots, Petrarch's relations with, [107], [119] sqq.;
as patrons of the Humanists, [107], [360] sq., [435]
Dialectic, Petrarch's attitude toward, [217], [221] sqq.
Dialecticians, [210], [217] sqq., [414]
Diogenes, [220]
Dionisio da Borgo San Sepolcro, [307] n.
Diplomatic missions of Petrarch, [124] sqq., [459] sqq.
Disease of writing, [164] sqq.
Display, Petrarch deprecates, [61]
Divine Comedy, The, [175] sqq., [182] sqq.
See also Dante
Doctors fall to writing verses, [166]
Dreams, Petrarch's view of, [43] sqq.
Dress, Petrarch's love of, [78] sq.;
indecent, of certain Italians, [465]
Eclogues of Petrarch, [266], [268]
Editing of Petrarch's letters, [155] sq.
See also Letters
Emperor, Petrarch's audience with, [370] sqq.;
viewed as a patron of literature, [360] sq.
See also Empire, and Charles IV.
Empire, the, Petrarch's conception of, [99], [333] sq.,
350 sqq., [353] and n. See also Rome
Ennius, [274], [461]
Epicurus, [137]
Epistolæ, de Rebus Familiaribus, [153];
de Rebus Senilibus, [154];
sine Titulo, [66] n., [154];
Variæ, [153] sq.
See also Letters
Erasmus, letters of, [55]
Etymologies, mediæval, [35] sq.
Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, [36], [263]
Eye-glasses, [60] and n.
Fame, impossibility of acquiring, during one's lifetime, [405] sqq.;
Petrarch's longing for, [18], [255], [404] sqq., [449] sqq.
"Fantastic," applied to Rienzo, [337], n. 1
Father, a, upbraids Petrarch for misleading his son, [164] sq.
Finibus, De, Cicero's, [221]
Florentines, Petrarch's estimate of, [116] sq.;
Dante's view of, [117], n. 2;
offer Petrarch chair in their university, [115];
admirers of Petrarch among, [49];
students of Homer among, [259]
Fountain of the Sorgue, [69], [265], [324], [342]
Fracassetti, Giuseppe, iv., [155]
France, Petrarch's visits to, [68], [125] sq., [460]
Francesca, Petrarch's daughter, [62], n.
Francesco, Petrarch's grandson, [62], n.
Frederick II., his opinion of the Italians, [116]
French popes, [85] sq.
Gaspary, [17]
German emperors in Italy, [333]
Germany, Petrarch visits, [68], [299] sq.
Ghent, [300]
Gherardo, Petrarch's brother, [78] sq.;
his religious admonitions, [396] sqq.;
letter to, on the nature of poetry, [261] sqq.
Ghibelline views, [333]
Giovanni Andrea di Bologna, [279] sqq., [287], n. 1
Giovanni, Petrarch's son, [62] n., [395] n.
Goldsmith of Bergamo, [169] sqq.
Grammarian of Vicenza, [243] sqq.
Grandes compagnies, [126], [331], n. 3
Greater Greece, [299]
Greek literature, forgotten in Middle Ages, [9];
Petrarch's slight knowledge of, [34], sq., [237], [253]
Greek studies in Petrarch's day, [253], n. 3
Greeks, Petrarch asserts inferiority of, to Latins, [299] sq.
Gregory the Great, [393];
condemns literature, [381]
Griselda, story of, [191] sqq.;
effects of the tale, [195] sqq.
Guglielmo di Pastrengo, letters of, to Petrarch, [158]
Hæmus, Mount, [308]
Hannibal, [314], [321], [367]
Hellenic influences in modern education, [237]
Henry VII., [368]
History, Petrarch's fondness for, [64]
Holy Land, Petrarch describes the journey to, [297] sq.
Holy Roman Empire, [99], [333] sq., [350] sqq., [353] and n.
See also Rome
Homer, letter to, [253] sqq.;
Latin translation of, [253] sq.;
imitated by Virgil, [256] sqq., [293];
students of, in Italy in fourteenth century, [259] sq.
Humanism, origin of, [10] sq., [227];
furthered by Petrarch, [238] sq., [278] sqq.
Humanistic conditions, general in fourteenth century, [242], [250] sqq.,
259 sq., [275] sq., [279] sqq., [287] sqq.
Humanists, means of support of, [83]
Ideals, conflict of, in Petrarch's mind, [91] sqq., [381] sqq., [413] sqq.
Illegitimate children of Petrarch, [62] n.
Innocent VI., [119]
Isidore of Seville, [36], [263]
Isocrates, [132] and n.
Itinerarium Syriacum, [297] sq.
Italian language, Petrarch's opinion of, [177] sq., [188], [197] sqq., [207] sq.;
Petrarch's reasons for giving up writing in, [183], [185] sqq., [207] sq.
Italian prose, none from Petrarch's pen, [50] sq.
Italian verses of Petrarch, [13] sqq., [79]
Italy, disorder in, [331] sq., [385];
Petrarch's love for, [299]
Jacques de Vitry, [93] and n.
Jerome, [264], [272], [392]
John, King of France, [125], [460]
John the Baptist, feast of, [301] sqq.
John of Salisbury, [223], n., [228], [467], n.
Journeys, frequency of Petrarch's, [84].
See also Travels
Jubilee of 1350, [114] sq.
Julius Cæsar, [352]
"Lælius," [68], n. 2, [158]
Lapo da Castiglionchio, letter to, [275] sqq.
Latin literature, renewed interest in, [10] sq.;
not unknown in Middle Ages, [228]
Latin works of Petrarch, [21] sqq., [24];
editions of, [23];
well-nigh forgotten, [14] sq.
Laura, [61] sq. and n., [87] sqq., [94], [130] n., [315] and n.;
want of knowledge of, [90] and n. 2;
death of, [88];
genuineness of Petrarch's love for, [89] sqq., [439] sqq.
Laurel crown, the, Petrarch's desire for, [100] sq., [444] sq.;
his praise of, [106]; invitations to receive, [70] sq., [100] sqq.,
offered by King Robert, [72]; received at Rome, [73], [105] sq.
Law, Petrarch's study of, [66], [81]; his attitude toward, [67], [82];
his use of, [82] sq.
Lawyers turn to writing verses, [166]; conceit of, [410]
Letters, Petrarch's character of, [50], [55]; influence of, [238] sq.;
number of, [151] and n.; style of, [134] sqq., [144] sqq.,
230 sq.; editing of, [131], [133], [134] sq., [140] sq.,
146 sq., [150] sqq., [155] sqq., [242];
classes of, [153] sq.; to be kept secret, [136]; destined
for publication, [151] sq.; often lost, [52] sq.;
opened on the way, [53]; to be read with attention, [51]
"Letters to Dead Authors," Petrarch's, [147], [239] sqq.,
[243], [244] sq., [248] sq., [253]
Letters of Familiar Intercourse, [145], [153], [155] sq.
Letters of Old Age, [126], [154] sq.
Letters to Petrarch, [157] sq.
Letter to Posterity, [59] sqq.; importance of, [76]
Letter-writing, [128], [140]; Petrarch's view of, [139] sq., [148];
he resolves to desist from, [53] sqq.
Library, Petrarch's, [26] sqq.; contents of, [34] sq.;
fate of, [32] sq.; pledged to Venice, [126], [287], n. 3
Liège, [300]
Life of Solitude, The, Petrarch's, [69], [373] sq.
Life, human, no longer in ancient times, [461] sq.
Literature, not inimical to religion, [384] sqq., [390] sqq.
Lives of Famous Men, Petrarch's, [370] sq.
Livy, Petrarch's appreciation of, [236]
Logic, Petrarch's attitude toward, [221] sqq.
Logicians, Petrarch's answer to, [217] sqq.
Love, secular and monastic conceptions of, contrasted, [92], [96] sq.;
Petrarch's discussion and defence of, [91] sqq., [94] sqq., [439] sqq.
Lucan, [201]
Ludovico. See "Socrates"
Luther, [47]
Lyons, [305] sq.
Malaucène, [310], [320]
Mankind, waywardness of, [398] sq.
Marsiglio of Padua, [47], [334]
Mediæval conception of life contrasted with that of Petrarch, [18], [227]
Mediæval natural science, Petrarch's attitude toward, [41]
Mediæval traits of Petrarch, [47] sq.
Messengers, want of, [52]
Metamorphoses of Ovid, [302]
Milan, Petrarch's residence at, [120] sq.
See also Visconti
Miscellaneous Letters of Petrarch, [153], [155]
Monastic ideals, [379] sqq., [439] sqq.
Monasticism, [383] sqq.
Montpellier, [66]
Mussato, [103]
Name, Petrarch changes his, [77]
Naples, Petrarch visits, [71] sq., [111]; condition of, [111]
Nature, Petrarch's love of, [297] sq., [436]
Nelli, Francesco, [154], [157] sq., [424] n.
Nolhac, Pierre de, [viii.], [x.];
reconstructs catalogue of Petrarch's books, [32] sqq.
Orders, Petrarch takes, [83]
Otio Religiosorum, De, Petrarch's, [384] n.
Padua, Petrarch's residence in, [75]
Paganism, tendency toward, of Humanists, [381]
Pagan writers, propriety of reading, [381] sqq.
Papal secretaryship avoided by Petrarch, [118]
Parents, Petrarch's, [60]
Paris, [68], [300]; University of, [70]
Parma, [108] sq.;
Petrarch's residence in, [73], [112] sq.
Patrimony, Petrarch's loss of, [83]
Patriotism of Petrarch, [236], [330]
Pavia, description of, [320] sqq.
Penitential Psalms, Petrarch's, [383]
Penmanship in fourteenth century, [151] and n.
See also Copyists
Pergamum, [169] sq.
Peter of Sienna, messages of, to Boccaccio, [387] sqq.
Peter Lombard, [92], n.
Petracco, Petrarch's father, character of, [77] sq.;
exiled, [60], [77]; friend of Dante, [77], [181]; name changed by Petrarch, [77]
Petrarch, Francesco, cosmopolitan representative of the Renaissance, [12];
origin and birth of, [59], [61], [137]; changes his name, [77];
bodily and mental characteristics, [60], [63], [69], [249] n.;
moral decline of, [146] sq.; moral progress of, [314] sq.;
humour of, [281], n.; travels of, [137], [295] sqq.;
materials for life of, [14] sq.; foreign recognition of, [165] sq.;
the father of humanism, [227] sqq.; his style, [64], [248] n.;
influenced by Seneca, [230]; more deeply by Cicero, [231];
as a poet, [231] sqq.; patriotism of, [236], [330];
his method of study, [238]; understanding of literary art, [289] sqq.;
self analysis of, [413] sqq.
Philip, Bishop of Cavaillon, [69]
Philologist, Petrarch as a, [4], [20]
Pierre Dubois, [46]
Pilatus, Leo, and his version of Homer, [253], n. 5, [254], n. 2
Pisa, [65], [138]
Plagiarism, [183] and n.
Plague of 1348, [126], [147]
Plato, [281] sq., [376]
Pliny's letters unknown to Petrarch, [152] n.
Poetry, Petrarch's conception of, [19], [231] sqq.;
his defence of, [105]; profaned by the multitude, [166] sqq., [342] sq.;
mediæval, [19] and n. 3
Policraticus of John of Salisbury, [467] n.
Political activity, Petrarch's, [329] sq.
Political opinions of Petrarch, [327] sqq., [350] sqq., [358] sqq.
Popes, court of, at Avignon, [86]
Popularity of Petrarch, [48]
Portraits of Petrarch, vii. sq., [60] n.
Prague, Petrarch's visit to, [124] sq., [460]
Preface to Letters of Familiar Intercourse, [130] sqq.
Priest, Petrarch not a, [83] and n.
Pro Archia, Petrarch's discovery of, [345]
Psychological analysis, Petrarch's love of, [17], [413] sqq.
Public library, Petrarch hopes to found a, [29] sqq.
Quintilian, [143] sq., [180] and n., [218]
Ravenna, the old man of, [203] and n.; a youth of, [150], [287] sqq.
Religion not inimical to literature, [384] sqq.
Religious views of Petrarch, [312] sqq., [382] sq., [401] sqq.
Remediis Utriusque Fortunæ, De, [21] sq., [238]
Renaissance, character of, [1] sq.;
obstacles to, [24] sq.
Repose, Petrarch's dislike of, [162] sqq.
Republica optime administranda, De, of Petrarch, [330] n.
Rienzo, Cola di, [335] sqq.;
achievements of, [349], [356], [359];
popular interest in, [338] sqq.;
believed to be a poet, [345] sqq.;
trial of, [348] sqq.;
sources for life of, [337], n. 4;
letter of, to Petrarch. [158];
Petrarch's sympathy for, and relations with, [112], [335] sq., [338] sqq., [343] sqq.
Robert, King of Naples, [71] sq., [102] sq., [105], [308] n., [408] sq.
Roman Empire, at Rome, [350] sqq.;
endless, [353] and n.
See also Empire
Roman literature. See Latin
Roman people, Petrarch's letter to, [348] sqq.
Rome, [68], [70], [98] sqq., [251] sq., [260];
divine origin and supremacy of, [98] sq., [330], [350] sqq.;
constitution for, [118];
genius of, [366] sqq.
Sade, De, [90] n.
Sanctis, De, [15]
Scholarship, Petrarch's, [20], [236] sqq., [446] sq., [449] sqq.
Schoolmen, Petrarch's neglect of, [37]
Scientific investigation, diverse effects of, on religious beliefs, [382]
Scipio, [70], [367]
Seclusion, Petrarch's love of, [297], [373] sq.
Secret, Petrarch's, [18], [93], [413] sqq.
Self-consciousness of Petrarch, [17], [413] sqq.
Selva Piana, [74]
Seneca, style of, [50], [137], [141], [147], [230], [281];
his Octavia, [147] and n. 4, [433] n.
Seneca, the Rhetor, [188] n.
Sicilian poetry, [132]
Sidonius Apollinaris, [141] sqq.
Silius Italicus, his metrical abridgment of the Iliad, [254], n. 1
"Simonides." See Nelli
"Socrates," [68], n. 2, [130], n. 1, [134], [152], [158]
Solitude, Petrarch's love of, [297], [373] sq.
Solitude, The Life of, Petrarch's, [373] sq.
Sonnets, Petrarch's, [13] sqq.
See Italian language
Sorgue, Fountain of, [69], [265], [324], [342]
Spectacles, [60] and n.
Statius, [104]
Stephen of Bourbon, [93] and n.
Style, Petrarch's, [64], [230] sq., [248] n.
Suiipsius et Aliorum Ignorantia, De, Petrarch's, [215], n. 3
Superstition, Petrarch's freedom from, [43] sqq.
Symonds, J. A., [6] sq.
Theology, poetical elements in, [261]
Three Kings, the, [304]
Ticino, [321], [323] sq.
Ticinum, [322]
Travels of Petrarch, [97], [295] sqq., [460] sqq.
Trials of a man of letters in fourteenth century, [162] sqq.
Trionfi, Petrarch's, [177]
True Wisdom, Petrarch's, [383]
Tuscany, [138]
Universities attended by Petrarch, [66], [67] and n.
Urban V., [65] and n. 2, [66]
Varro, [148]
Vaucluse, [69], [100], [331]
Venice, [124], [126] sq., [460];
Petrarch offers his library to, [29] sqq.;
Petrarch's house in, [287], n. 3
Ventoux, Mt., ascent of, [307] sqq.;
view from, [313] sq., [316]
Vicenza, grammarian of, Petrarch's discussion with, [243] sqq.
Virgil, [148], [411] sq.;
as interpreted by Petrarch, [231] sqq., [234] sqq., [438];
his imitation of Homer, [256] sqq., [293];
regarded as a magician, [347];
Petrarch's copy of, [88]
Visconti, Petrarch's relations with, [120] sq.;
estimate of, [122] sq.;
Bishop Giovanni, [119] sq., [122];
Galeazzo, [123] sq., [324];
Gian Galeazzo, [125];
Luchino, [119]
Voigt defines Petrarch's historic greatness, [14] sq.
Voltaire, [48]
Vulgati Eloquioy, De, Dante's, [178]
Work, Petrarch's ardour for, [162] sqq., [457] sqq., [466] sqq.
Writing, passion for, contagious, [164] sq.