Francesco Petrarch's Canzoniere and Correspondence (1327–1374)

1. Early lyric poems begin a long sequence

   Jan 1, 1327Labels: Canzoniere, Petrarch

   • Britannica
   • Ziereis

2. Petrarch sees Laura in Avignon

   Apr 6, 1327Labels: Laura, Avignon

   • Poetry Trans
   • EBSCO

3. Poet laureate crown strengthens Petrarch’s authority

   Apr 8, 1341Labels: Poet Laureate, Capitoline Hill

   • Carleton
   • Wikipedia

4. Cicero’s letters rediscovered at Verona

   Jun 1, 1345Labels: Cicero, Verona Library

   • LRB
   • Rutgers

5. Laura’s death becomes a turning point in the poems

   Apr 6, 1348Labels: Laura, Canzoniere

   • Poetry Trans
   • Gutenberg

6. Dedication of the letter collection plan (Familiares)

   Jan 1, 1350Labels: Familiares, Lodewijk Heyligen

   • Familiares
   • Britannica

7. Familiares compiled into an edited collection

   Jan 1, 1351Labels: Epistolae Familiares, Petrarch

   • Familiares
   • Rutgers

8. Familiares copied onto parchment in Milan

   Jan 1, 1359Labels: Familiares, Milan

   • Familiares

9. Seniles begins as a “letters of old age” project

   Jan 1, 1361Labels: Epistolae Seniles, Petrarch

   • Familiares
   • Britannica

10. Autograph Canzoniere manuscript work intensifies

    Jan 1, 1366Labels: Vat Lat, Giovanni Malpaghini

    • Ziereis
    • OpenLib

11. Final years at Arquà focus on revision and legacy

    Jan 1, 1370Labels: Arqu, Trionfi

    • Encyclopedia
    • Britannica

12. Letter to Posterity left unfinished in Seniles

    Jan 1, 1373Labels: Letter to, Seniles

    • Britannica
    • Familiares

13. Petrarch dies, leaving a curated body of poems and letters

    Jul 19, 1374Labels: Petrarch, Arqu

    • Britannica
    • Wikisource