petrarca

No, the term is by Petrarca from early Renaissance.

Kinda yes, in addition it was the language in which 3 of the most important Italian poets (Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio) wrote.

Arqua Petrarca is a cute little town famous for being the final resting place of Petrarch, and a pleasant place in its own right.

In Italy we all study Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio in school, which are 1300, and it's quite easy to understand them beyond some unusual words.

Sabbioni E, Groppi F, Di Gioacchino M, Petrarca C, Manenti S.

And yes, Francesco Petrarca was the first known to use the term Dark Ages, and he specifically meant that because of the lack of great works and authors of the Classical period.

To his credit, David Petrarca seems to recognize that -- given that someone can't buy your content -- it's still better for everyone involved if they pirate it, discuss it with friends, and contribute to its mindshare.

First of all the history of modern Italian is not quite right: standard Italian actually comes more from the dialects of the center, especially Tuscan and there is literature in standard Italian that far predates the unification of Italy (for example the 14th century Petrarca is still perfectly intelligible by contemporary high school students.

As originally used by Petrarca, “dark ages” referred to ignorance and lack of civilication compared to classical antiquity.

Petrarca directed just two episodes of GoT.

I got an A and an A+ at my 2 Calculus classes in college, but in the same time I was reading Petrarca, Yeats and Donne.

Some samples from famous authors: Ariosto, 1500, can be read quite easily nowadays [1] Petrarca, 1300, is a little more difficult and it takes a little to get accustomed with.