Writers in Padua
The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, from 1349 to 1912. The most recorded lives are Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Notable people
Petrarch
from 1349 to 1374
3 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1351 to 1368
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
in 1786
1 moment here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Nicolaus Copernicus
in 1501
1 moment here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
James Joyce
in 1912
1 moment here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1507
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Giordano Bruno
in 1591
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Moments
- 1349 Canonry possession at Padua Petrarch
- 1351 Mission and meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1368 Final meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1373 Return to Arquà Petrarch
- 1374 Death at Arquà Petrarch
- 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1507 Advanced Greek study in Padua Desiderius Erasmus
- 1591 Geometry lectures in Padua Giordano Bruno
- 1786 Arrives in Padua Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1912 Teaching examinations in Padua James Joyce