number of,151and n.; style of,134sqq.,144sqq.,230sq.; editing of,131,133,134sq.,140sq.,146sq.,150sqq.,155sqq.,242;classes of,153sq.; to be kept secret,136; destinedfor publication,151sq.; often lost,52sq.;opened on the way,53; to be read with attention,51"Letters to Dead Authors,"Petrarch's,147,239sqq.,243,244sq.,248sq.,253Letters of Familiar Intercourse,145,153,155sq.Letters of Old Age,126,154sq.Letters to Petrarch,157sq.Letter to Posterity,59sqq.; importance of,76Letter-writing,128,140; Petrarch's view of,139sq.,148;he resolves to desist from,53sqq.Library,Petrarch's,26sqq.; contents of,34sq.;fate of,32sq.; pledged to Venice,126,287, n. 3Liège,300Life of Solitude, The,Petrarch's,69,373sq.Life,human, no longer in ancient times,461sq.Literature,not inimical to religion,384sqq.,390sqq.Lives of Famous Men,Petrarch's,370sq.Livy,Petrarch's appreciation of,236Logic,Petrarch's attitude toward,221sqq.Logicians,Petrarch's answer to,217sqq.Love,secular and monastic conceptions of, contrasted,92,96sq.;Petrarch's discussion and defence of,91sqq.,94sqq.,439sqq.Lucan,201Ludovico.See"Socrates"Luther,47Lyons,305sq.Malaucène,310,320Mankind,waywardness of,398sq.Marsiglio of Padua,47,334Mediæval conception of lifecontrasted with that of Petrarch,18,227Mediæval natural science,Petrarch's attitude toward,41Mediæval traitsof Petrarch,47sq.Messengers,want of,52Metamorphosesof Ovid,302Milan,Petrarch's residence at,120sq.See alsoViscontiMiscellaneous Lettersof Petrarch,153,155Monastic ideals,379sqq.,439sqq.Monasticism,383sqq.Montpellier,66Mussato,103Name,Petrarch changes his,77Naples,Petrarch visits,71sq.,111; condition of,111Nature,Petrarch's love of,297sq.,436Nelli, Francesco,154,157sq.,424n.Nolhac, Pierre de,viii.,x.;reconstructs catalogue of Petrarch's books,32sqq.Orders,Petrarch takes,83Otio Religiosorum, De,Petrarch's,384n.Padua,Petrarch's residence in,75Paganism,tendency toward, of Humanists,381Pagan writers,propriety of reading,381sqq.Papal secretaryshipavoided by Petrarch,118Parents,Petrarch's,60Paris,68,300; University of,70Parma,108sq.;Petrarch's residence in,73,112sq.Patrimony,Petrarch's loss of,83Patriotism of Petrarch,236,330Pavia,description of,320sqq.Penitential Psalms,Petrarch's,383Penmanship in fourteenth century,151and n.See alsoCopyistsPergamum,169sq.Peter of Sienna,messages of, to Boccaccio,387sqq.Peter Lombard,92, n.Petracco,Petrarch's father, character of,77sq.;exiled,60,77; friend of Dante,77,181; name changed by Petrarch,77Petrarch, Francesco,cosmopolitan representative of the Renaissance,12;origin and birth of,59,61,137; changes his name,77;bodily and mental characteristics,60,63,69,249n.;moral decline of,146sq.; moral progress of,314sq.;humour of,281, n.; travels of,137,295sqq.;materials for life of,14sq.; foreign recognition of,165sq.;the father of humanism,227sqq.; his style,64,248n.;influenced by Seneca,230; more deeply by Cicero,231;as a poet,231sqq.; patriotism of,236,330;his method of study,238; understanding of literary art,289sqq.;self analysis of,413sqq.Philip, Bishop of Cavaillon,69Philologist,Petrarch as a,4,20Pierre Dubois,46Pilatus, Leo,and his version of Homer,253, n. 5,254, n. 2Pisa,65,138Plagiarism,183and n.Plague of 1348,126,147Plato,281sq.,376Pliny's lettersunknown to Petrarch,152n.Poetry,Petrarch's conception of,19,231sqq.;his defence of,105; profaned by the multitude,166sqq.,342sq.;mediæval,19and n. 3Policraticusof John of Salisbury,467n.Political activity,Petrarch's,329sq.Political opinions of Petrarch,327sqq.,350sqq.,358sqq.Popes,court of, at Avignon,86Popularity of Petrarch,48Portraits of Petrarch,vii.sq.,60n.Prague,Petrarch's visit to,124sq.,460Preface toLetters of Familiar Intercourse,130sqq.Priest,Petrarch not a,83and n.Pro Archia,Petrarch's discovery of,345Psychological analysis,Petrarch's love of,17,413sqq.Public library,Petrarch hopes to found a,29sqq.Quintilian,143sq.,180and n.,218Ravenna,the old man of,203and n.; a youth of,150,287sqq.Religionnot inimical to literature,384sqq.Religious views of Petrarch,312sqq.,382sq.,401sqq.Remediis Utriusque Fortunæ, De,21sq.,238Renaissance,character of,1sq.;obstacles to,24sq.Repose,Petrarch's dislike of,162sqq.Republica optime administranda, De,of Petrarch,330n.Rienzo, Cola di,335sqq.;achievements of,349,356,359;popular interest in,338sqq.;believed to be a poet,345sqq.;trial of,348sqq.;sources for life of,337, n. 4;letter of, to Petrarch.158;Petrarch's sympathy for, and relations with,112,335sq.,338sqq.,343sqq.Robert, King of Naples,71sq.,102sq.,105,308n.,408sq.Roman Empire,at Rome,350sqq.;endless,353and n.See alsoEmpireRoman literature.SeeLatinRoman people,Petrarch's letter to,348sqq.Rome,68,70,98sqq.,251sq.,260;divine origin and supremacy of,98sq.,330,350sqq.;constitution for,118;genius of,366sqq.Sade, De,90n.Sanctis, De,15Scholarship,Petrarch's,20,236sqq.,446sq.,449sqq.Schoolmen,Petrarch's neglect of,37Scientific investigation,diverse effects of, on religious beliefs,382Scipio,70,367Seclusion,Petrarch's love of,297,373sq.Secret,Petrarch's,18,93,413sqq.Self-consciousness of Petrarch,17,413sqq.Selva Piana,74Seneca,style of,50,137,141,147,230,281;hisOctavia,147and n. 4,433n.Seneca, the Rhetor,188n.Sicilian poetry,132Sidonius Apollinaris,141sqq.Silius Italicus,his metrical abridgment of the Iliad,254, n. 1"Simonides."SeeNelli"Socrates,"68, n. 2,130, n. 1,134,152,158Solitude,Petrarch's love of,297,373sq.Solitude, The Life of,Petrarch's,373sq.Sonnets,Petrarch's,13sqq.SeeItalian languageSorgue,Fountain of,69,265,324,342Spectacles,60and n.Statius,104Stephen of Bourbon,93and n.Style,Petrarch's,64,230sq.,248n.Suiipsius et Aliorum Ignorantia, De,Petrarch's,215, n. 3Superstition,Petrarch's freedom from,43sqq.Symonds, J. A.,6sq.Theology,poetical elements in,261Three Kings, the,304Ticino,321,323sq.Ticinum,322Travels of Petrarch,97,295sqq.,460sqq.Trials of a man of letters in fourteenth century,162sqq.Trionfi,Petrarch's,177True Wisdom,Petrarch's,383Tuscany,138Universitiesattended by Petrarch,66,67and n.Urban V.,65and n. 2,66Varro,148Vaucluse,69,100,331Venice,124,126sq.,460;Petrarch offers his library to,29sqq.;Petrarch's house in,287, n. 3Ventoux, Mt.,ascent of,307sqq.;view from,313sq.,316Vicenza,grammarian of, Petrarch's discussion with,243sqq.Virgil,148,411sq.;as interpreted by Petrarch,231sqq.,234sqq.,438;his imitation of Homer,256sqq.,293;regarded as a magician,347;Petrarch's copy of,88Visconti,Petrarch's relations with,120sq.;estimate of,122sq.;Bishop Giovanni,119sq.,122;Galeazzo,123sq.,324;Gian Galeazzo,125;Luchino,119Voigtdefines Petrarch's historic greatness,14sq.Voltaire,48Vulgati Eloquioy, De,Dante's,178Work,Petrarch's ardour for,162sqq.,457sqq.,466sqq.Writing,passion for, contagious,164sq.