Petrarch 
Petrarch’s Secret 

One of the great poets of the 14th century, Italian scholar Francesco Petrarch is also regarded as the father of the humanist movement.



‘Petrarch’s Secret’ is an autobiographical treatise translated from the Latin that represents a ‘humanist manifesto’ central to understanding European culture during the early modern period.



The treatise consists of three dialogues between Petrarch and St. Augustine in the presence of Truth.