Talk:Petrarch
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Petrarch or Francesco Petrarca? Isn't the latter the real name of this guy and the former just something that english speaking people have invented for him later? If this is true, then, in my opinion, we should have the main page for Francesco Petrarca and have Petrarch be redirected there. Right now Francesco Petrarca is redirected to Petrarch, which is, again in my opinion, quite backwards. Or perhapse this is a FAQ somewhere? --Tbackstr 07:48, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC)
- support. I think it should read: "Francesco Petrarca (also called Petrarch in English)" or something similar. It is not uncommon to call him Petrarca, even in English Dbachmann 08:44, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- This is facile argument which is both misplaced and lainly wrong. As this is the English language part of the encyclopedia a reference to Petrarch is fully justified. It can be expected that English speakers will use the terms they are familiar with. If you actually go to the Italian language version you will see it come up with his full italian name.
This artcle references St Augustine, but which? > Among Petrarch's Latin works are De Viris Illustribus, the dialogue Secretum, a debate with St. Augustine,
One, Augustine of Hippo, (354-430), was a philosopher and writer. The other, St. Augustine of Canterbury, was a missionary to the English circa 600 A.D. Will the relevant St Augustine please stand up? Jake 04:26, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Well, the most famous of course.. of Hippo.. i'll make the changes. Stbalbach
duplication?
I see there's significant copying to or from the following article. I don't know which one is older.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/petrarca.htm
- Here's an archive to see which is older:
- http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/petrarca.htm
- It appears the Wikipedia version is the newer version, from April 2003 User:NuclearWinner
- Stbalbach 05:45, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
How many children?
I thought Petrarch had two children, not three as it currently stands. Only two are listed. I'm not entirely sure though so I will leave it as is for now...
