This author placed himself in a work in which he is chastised for his attachment to worldly possessions by St.  Augustine. This author also wrote a travel guide to the Holy Land, and two of his letters entitled "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux" and "The Letter to Posterity" are often published along with his most famous work. This poet wrote an unfinished epic about Scipio's defeat of Carthage, along with a collection generally divided into works written before the death of the dedicatee, whom the p
This author placed himself in a work in which he is chastised for his attachment to worldly possessions by St.  Augustine. This author also wrote a travel guide to the Holy Land, and two of his letters entitled "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux" and "The Letter to Posterity" are often published along with his most famous work. This poet wrote an unfinished epic about Scipio's defeat of Carthage, along with a collection generally divided into works written before the death of the dedicatee, whom the poet encountered in Avignon on Good Friday. For 10 points, name this Italian poet, the namesake of a type of sonnet, who dedicated poems to Laura in his Il Canzoniere.
This author placed himself in a work in which he is chastised for his attachment to worldly possessions by St.  Augustine.
Petrarch [Accept Francesco Petrarca.]