Letters on Familiar Matters

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collection of letters epistolary work literary work

Letters on Familiar Matters is an English title commonly used for Petrarch’s collection of personal Latin letters, the "Epistolae familiares," which offer insight into his life, relationships, and humanist thought.

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Letters on Familiar Matters canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collection of letters ⓘ epistolary work ⓘ literary work ⓘ
about	Petrarch’s relationships with friends and contemporaries ⓘ intellectual life in 14th-century Italy ⓘ moral and spiritual concerns ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Familiar Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ Petrarch’s Familiar Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Francesco Petrarca NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
form	prose ⓘ
genre	humanist literature ⓘ letter collection ⓘ
hasAudience	Petrarch’s friends and correspondents ⓘ learned readers ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle	Letters on Familiar Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	individual letters ⓘ
hasTheme	self-examination ⓘ the tension between secular and religious life ⓘ the value of classical learning ⓘ
influenced	European letter-writing tradition ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ Renaissance scholars ⓘ
influencedBy	Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryForm	epistle ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn	later humanist letter collections ⓘ
literaryPeriod	14th century ⓘ
mainSubject	Francesco Petrarca NERFINISHED ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ friendship ⓘ humanist thought ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ personal reflections ⓘ religion ⓘ
movement	Italian humanism ⓘ Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	development of humanist epistolary style ⓘ insight into Petrarch’s life ⓘ revival of classical Latin prose ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
originalTitle	Epistolae familiares NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Petrarch’s Latin works ⓘ
setting	14th-century Europe ⓘ
significance	key source for understanding early Renaissance humanism ⓘ
timeOfComposition	14th century ⓘ

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Epistolae familiares → alsoKnownAs → Letters on Familiar Matters ⓘ