... was an Italian humanist and poet and is considered to be the first modern poet of the Italian Renaissance. Many historians consider him the "modern man" because of his innovative poems focusing on individuality. His use of the sonnet form of poetry influenced future English poets such as Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare. Petrarch believed that Italy should continue in the ... ; the three of them were responsible for making the Tuscan dialect of Italian the written language of Italy. Although Petrach is well known, today, for his poetry, he is also famous for his contribution to t...

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