Contents: Introduction The Man of Letters The "Epistle to Posterity" Early Life Petrarch and Laura Petrarch at Vaucluse Petrarch on His Travels The Form of "Africa" and Later Prose Works Ascent of Mount Ventoux The Laurel Crown The Anarchy of Italy The Rienzi Revolution The Death of Laura The Emperor and The Viscontis The Papal Power Petrarch at Venice and Arqua
