Francesco Petrarca and the Parameters of Historical Research

Although scholars in the first two generations of humanism wrote the histories drawing heavily on ancient Roman sources, Petrarca was the first humanist historian to focuses on the history of ancient Roma. Because he was also the earliest to approach ancient Romans as historically conditioned human...

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Main Author: Ronald Witt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-08-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/3/3/699