1340. Paris and Rome competed to invite him to accept the laurel. Petrarch finally chose Rome. 134 1 On April 8th, a traditional ceremony was held on Mount capito in Rome. The host solemnly announced that he was awarded the honorary title of "Poet Laureate", and people warmly congratulated him. Petrarch became a famous writer with a good reputation all over Europe.
Petrarch wrote many poems and essays in Latin, among which Poems, Africa and Ode to Italy are especially famous in the world. These works praise people's nobility and wisdom, and advocate that people can pursue secular happiness and enjoy the right of honor. And challenged theocracy and asceticism advocated in the Middle Ages. He also believes that a person's nobility lies not in birth, but in behavior.
In his later years, Petrarch bought a house in Akwa, Cai Xiao. People in the village often see the lights in the old man's room on until late at night. 1374 One day in July, when people walked into his hut, they found Petrarch dead at his desk, and his head was still buried in the manuscript of Virgil, a famous Roman poet.