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Italian literature timeline
c. 1260
A new form of poetry is written in northern Italy, described later by Dante as a sweet new style - the
dolce stil nuovo
c. 1274
Dante, aged nine, is overwhelmed by the beauty of Beatrice - a child a year younger than himself who later becomes his poetic inspiration
c. 1307
Dante, in exile from Florence, begins work on
The Divine Comedy
- completing it just before his death, 14 years later
Dante, from fresco by Giotto
Mary Evans Picture Library
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1327
Petrarch glimpses Laura in a church in Avignon and falls helplessly in love with her - or so he tells us
1341
A laurel wreath is placed on the brow of Petrarch in Rome, in a renewal of interest in the classical world
Petrarch by Andrea di Bargilla, fresco, c.1450
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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c. 1349
Boccaccio begins his
Decameron
, supposedly the stories told by young Florentine men and women sheltering from the Black Death
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