Petrarch's Canzoniere and the Rise of Italian Lyric (1327–1374)

1. Early Canzoniere poems begin to circulate

   Jan 1, 1327Labels: Petrarch, Italian sonnets

   • Canzoniere
   • Britannica

2. Petrarch sees Laura in Avignon

   Apr 6, 1327Labels: Petrarch, Laura

   • Britannica
   • EBSCO

3. Mont Ventoux letter links experience and self-reflection

   Apr 26, 1336Labels: Mont Ventoux, Petrarch

   • Mont Ventoux
   • History com

4. Petrarch crowned poet laureate in Rome

   Apr 8, 1341Labels: Petrarch, Capitoline Hill

   • Britannica
   • Petrarch

5. Secretum begins a sustained moral self-dialogue

   Jan 1, 1342Labels: Secretum, Saint Augustine

   • Secretum
   • Britannica

6. Laura’s death becomes the collection’s turning point

   Apr 6, 1348Labels: Laura, Black Death

   • EBSCO
   • Canzoniere

7. Friendship with Boccaccio strengthens vernacular prestige

   Jan 1, 1350Labels: Petrarch, Boccaccio

   • Nichols
   • Britannica

8. Malpaghini begins copying Petrarch’s author-manuscript

   Jan 1, 1366Labels: Giovanni Malpaghini, Vat lat

   • Vat Library
   • Ziereis

9. Petrarch takes over revisions in Vat. lat. 3195

   Jan 1, 1368Labels: Petrarch, Vat lat

   • Vat Library
   • Ziereis

10. Late-life retreat at Arquà supports final editing

    Jan 1, 1369Labels: Arqu, Francesco da

    • Britannica
    • Visit Arqu

11. Closing prayer poem “Vergine bella” completes the arc

    Jan 1, 1374Labels: Vergine bella, Canoniere ending

    • Vergine bella
    • Canzoniere

12. Petrarch dies; the Canzoniere’s authorial form remains

    Jul 19, 1374Labels: Petrarch, Arqu

    • Britannica
    • Petrarch

13. Bembo codifies Petrarch as the model for poetic Italian

    Jan 1, 1525Labels: Pietro Bembo, Prose della

    • Britannica
    • Bembo

14. English poets adapt Petrarchan sonnets, widening influence

    Jan 1, 1535Labels: Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard

    • Petrarchan
    • Surrey