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1. Francesco Petrarca

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   Petrarca was deeply involved in the political and cultural life of his time, maintaining correspondence with powerful figures across Europe, including Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and various Popes residing in Avignon. He possessed a complex, often contradictory, relationship with the city of Rome. While he idolized the monumental remnants of the ancient Republic, he simultaneously lamented the temporal power and corruption of the Avignon Papacy.
   His intellectual journey culminated in his coronation as Poet Laureate in Rome in 1341, an event symbol…