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  2. Ascent of Mont Ventoux - Wikipedia

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    Petrarch's implication that he was the first to climb mountains for pleasure, [10] and Burckhardt's insistence on Petrarch's sensitivity to nature have been often repeated since. [11] There are also numerous references to Petrarch as an "alpinist",. [12] However Mont Ventoux is not a hard climb, and is not usually considered part of the Alps. [13]

  3. Epistolae familiares - Wikipedia

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    Epistolae familiares and Seniles Venice: J. and G. de Gregorius, 1492. Epistolae familiares is the title of a collection of letters of Petrarch which he edited during his lifetime.

  4. Dark Ages (historiography) - Wikipedia

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    Petrarch was the first to give the metaphor secular meaning by reversing its application. He now saw classical antiquity , so long considered a 'dark' age for its lack of Christianity, in the 'light' of its cultural achievements, while Petrarch's own time, allegedly lacking such cultural achievements, was seen as the age of darkness.

  5. Petrarch - Wikipedia

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    Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo La Casa del Petrarca (birthplace) at Vicolo dell'Orto, 28 in Arezzo. Francis Petrarch (/ ˈ p ɛ t r ɑːr k, ˈ p iː t-/; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Latin: Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Italian: Francesco Petrarca [franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka]), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance and one of the ...

  6. De vita solitaria - Wikipedia

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    The businessman slaves under a cruel day to make even more money than before or keep others from getting what he already made. He plots to ruin another businessman or dishonestly swindle an innocent. He hides in shame at the end of his day in his home pulling the curtains for concealment. Petrarch then asks who spent their hours more truthfully ...

  7. Trionfi (cards) - Wikipedia

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    Petrarch wrote a poem called I Trionfi which may have served as inspiration. [1] The earliest known use of the name "Trionfi" in relation to cards can be dated to 16 September 1440 in the records of a Florentine notary, Giusto Giusti. [2] He recorded a transaction where he transferred two expensive personalized decks to Sigismondo Pandolfo ...

  8. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface , a mobile app for Android and iOS , as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications . [ 3 ]

  9. De remediis utriusque fortunae - Wikipedia

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    Petrarch's View of Human Life, Susannah Dobson's translation; De remediis utriusque fortunae, Cremonae, B. de Misintis ac Caesaris Parmensis, 1492. Online at Wikisource „Von der Artzney bayder Glück / des guoten vnd widerwertigen. Vnnd weß sich ain yeder inn Gelück vnnd vnglück halten sol. Auß dem Lateinischen in das Teütsch gezogen ...