CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF PETRARCH'S LIFE.
| A.D. | PAGE | |
| 1304. | Born at Arezzo, the 20th of July. | ix |
| 1305. | Is taken to Incisa at the age of seven months, where he remains seven years. | x |
| 1312. | Is removed to Pisa, where he remains seven months. | x |
| 1313. | Accompanies his parents to Avignon. | xi |
| 1315. | Goes to live at Carpentras. | xi |
| 1319. | Is sent to Montpelier. | xi |
| 1323. | Is removed to Bologna. | xii |
| 1326. | Returns to Avignon—loses his parents—contracts a friendship with James Colonna. | xiii |
| 1327. | Falls in love with Laura. | xvii |
| 1330. | Goes to Lombes with James Colonna—forms acquaintance with Socrates and Lælius—and returns to Avignon to live in the house of Cardinal Colonna. | xviii |
| 1331. | Travels to Paris—travels through Flanders and Brabant, and visits a part of Germany. | xxiv |
| 1333. | His first journey to Rome—his long navigation as far as the coast of England—his return to Avignon. | xxxiii |
| 1337. | Birth of his son John—he retires to Vaucluse. | xxxv |
| 1339. | Commences writing his epic poem, "Africa." | xxxviii |
| 1340. | Receives an invitation from Rome to come and be crowned as Laureate—and another invitation, to the same effect, from Paris. | xlii |
| 1341. | Goes to Naples, and thence to Rome, where he is crowned in the Capitol—repairs to Parma—death of Tommaso da Messina and James Colonna. | xliii |
| 1342. | Goes as orator of the Roman people to Clement VI. at Avignon—Studies the Greek language under Barlaamo. | xlviii |
| 1343. | Birth of his daughter Francesca—he writes his dialogues "De secreto conflictu curarum suarum"—is sent to Naples by Clement VI. and Cardinal Colonna—goes to Rome for a third and a fourth time—returns from Naples to Parma. | li |
| 1344. | Continues to reside in Parma. | lviii |
| 1345. | Leaves Parma, goes to Bologna, and thence to Verona—returns to Avignon. | lviii |
| 1346. | Continues to live at Avignon—is elected canon of Parma. | lix |
| 1347. | Revolution at Rome—Petrarch's connection with the Tribune—takes his fifth journey to Italy—repairs to Parma. | lxiv |
| 1348. | Goes to Verona—death of Laura—he returns again to Parma—his autograph memorandum in the Milan copy of Virgil—visits Manfredi, Lord of Carpi, and James Carrara at Padua. | lxvii |
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