Humanist ideals inspired his poem Africa, as well as his historical works, but his autobiographical work Secretum meum describes some of his conflicting ideals. He was a stubborn advocate of the continuity between classical culture and the Christian 
Humanist ideals inspired his poem Africa, as well as his historical works, but his autobiographical work Secretum meum describes some of his conflicting ideals. He was a stubborn advocate of the continuity between classical culture and the Christian message. After his father's death in 1326, he moved to Avignon, taking minor ecclesiastical orders. FTP, this marked the beginning period of what scholar's chaste love for a woman known now only as Laura?
Humanist ideals inspired his poem Africa, as well as his historical works, but his autobiographical work Secretum meum describes some of his conflicting ideals.
Petrarch (or Francesco Petrarca)