The Renaissance Flashcards
1
Q
When and where was Boccaccio born?
A
In Certaldo, 1313
2
Q
What was the name of boccaccio’s greatest work?
A
The Decameron
3
Q
When and where was Petrarch born?
A
In Arezzo, 1304
4
Q
Tell me some of Petrarch’s main works
A
Africa, secretum, de otio religioso, de vita solidaria, de viris illustribus, de sui ipsuis et multorum ignorantia and a collection of letters: familiares and seniles.
5
Q
He is called “the first tourist” because he was the first one that traveled europe for pleasure.
A
Petrarch
6
Q
What is the Petrarchism?
A
Literary standard for those who wanted to write about love.
7
Q
Who wrote the canzioniere?
A
Petrarch
8
Q
When and where was Thomas More born?
A
In London, 1478
9
Q
Who wrote the Utopia?
A
thomas more
