Writers in Lucca

The atlas holds 8 people and 14 moments here, from 56 BC to 1821. The most recorded lives are Dante Alighieri, Michel de Montaigne and Niccolò Machiavelli.

Notable people

  1. Dante Alighieri

    from 1289 to 1314

    3 moments here

    Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…

  2. Michel de Montaigne

    in 1581

    3 moments here

    French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…

  3. Niccolò Machiavelli

    from 1509 to 1520

    2 moments here

    Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

  4. John Milton

    from 1638 to 1639

    2 moments here

    English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…

  5. Leonardo da Vinci

    in 1503

    1 moment here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  6. Julius Caesar

    in 56 BC

    1 moment here

    Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…

  7. Lord Byron

    in 1821

    1 moment here

    George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…

  8. Petrarch

    in 1312

    1 moment here

    Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…

Moments

  1. 56 BC Meets Pompey and Crassus at Lucca Julius Caesar
  2. 1289 Witnessed Caprona's capitulation Dante Alighieri
  3. 1308 Stayed in Lucca Dante Alighieri
  4. 1312 Childhood at Pisa Petrarch
  5. 1314 Possible later return to Lucca Dante Alighieri
  6. 1503 Joins the campaign near Pisa Leonardo da Vinci
  7. 1509 Entry into Pisa after surrender Niccolò Machiavelli
  8. 1520 Commercial mission to Lucca Niccolò Machiavelli
  9. 1581 Residence in Pisa Michel de Montaigne
  10. 1581 Election news at Lucca Michel de Montaigne
  11. 1581 Return to Lucca from Bagni della Villa Michel de Montaigne
  12. 1638 Journey through Pisa John Milton
  13. 1639 Excursion to Lucca John Milton
  14. 1821 Move to Pisa Lord Byron

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