Petrarch first set eyes on Laura on April 6, 1327, in a church at Avignon. The Italian-born Petrarch had moved there with his family, aged eight, when his father went in search of work at the ...

40.3.0197 Divided Mediterranean, Divided World: The Influence of Arabic on Medieval Italian Poetry describes the significant role played by Arabic ... See John Larner, Italy in the Age of Dante and ...