Petrarch began to research earlier writers, for example, Cicero. ... Petrarch wrote lyric poetry dealing with individuals; he wanted to share knowledge for the public good. This was certainly a newer way of life. ... He was a life long friend of Petrarch. ... The Decameron was about life in Italy during the plague. ...

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A little competition can be good though. ... However, the Latin writings could only be the classical Latin of Cicero and Virgil, not the changing Latin of the churches. ... With time, comes good things. ... New ideas, new ways of life, new ways of expressing ones self all emerged during this time. Without the Renaissance it is safe to say that many of our own ideas, ways of life, and art forms would not exist today....

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