Invectives

Francesco Petrarca

Edited and translated by David Marsh

    Introduction

    Invectives against a Physician

    Invective against a Man of High Rank with No Knowledge or Virtue

    On His Own Ignorance and That of Many Others

    Invective against a Detractor of Italy

    Note on the Texts and Translations

    Notes to the Text

    Notes to the Translation

    Bibliography

    Index

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David Marsh is Professor of Italian at Rutgers University and the author of Lucian and the Latins: Humor and Humanism in the Early Renaissance.