text: This writer asked for the “sacred threads” of the “works of my beloved teacher” in his poem beginning “If Love or Death do not bring some flaw / to this new cloth that I now weave.”
full_question: This writer asked for the “sacred threads” of the “works of my beloved teacher” in his poem beginning “If Love or Death do not bring some flaw / to this new cloth that I now weave.” He wrote a posthumously published dialogue with Saint Augustine titled Secretum and, in a letter, told of taking a copy of the Confessions on an ascent of Mont Ventoux. He disagreed with Augustine’s outline of the Six Ages of the World, instead coining the term “Dark Ages” to refer to the pre-Renaissance era. For 10 points, name this Italian author who balanced his religious views with his obsession for a woman named Laura.
first_sentence: This writer asked for the “sacred threads” of the “works of my beloved teacher” in his poem beginning “If Love or Death do not bring some flaw / to this new cloth that I now weave.”