Petrarch climbs Mont Ventoux
1336 · Event
Petrarch's letter about climbing a Provençal mountain for the view — and reading Augustine at the top — is often called the birth of the Renaissance sensibility.
On these timelines: Renaissance, Master, Italy (post-476 CE), Arts and Thoughts
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