~Francesco Petrarca as orator~

An orator, or

oratist, is a (public) speaker. He or she will speak on any issue which shows some expressions and to support or protest some point of view.

So an orator maybe supported by some people who think in the same way.

This week we'll share about Francesco Petrarch!

You know him??

Of course!

So here we'll go trough his biography and for sure you will not close your mouth!

;)

He was born on 20 July 1304

He spent his early childhood in the village of Incisa, near Florence,Italy

Petrarch was interested in writing and Latin literature.

Additionally from his bad history of life he became dislike for the legal system. He protested,

"I couldn't face making a merchandise of my mind", as he viewed the legal system as the art of selling justice.

The later part of Petrarch's life he spent in journeying through northern Italy as an international scholar and poet-diplomat.

Petrarch is best known for his Italian poetry.

Petrarch is traditionally called the father of Humanism and considered by many to be the

"father of the Renaissance." He was the first to offer a combination of abstract entities of classical culture and Christian philosophy.

Petrarch argued instead that God had given humans their intelligence and creative potential to be used to their fullest.

He inspired humanist philosophy which led to the intellectual of Renaissance.

He expressed in his writings were seized upon by Renaissance humanist philosophers and argued continually for the next 200 years!

wooooww!

Not long he died peacefully on 19 July 1374...................................

(adapted from;www.wikipedia.com)