Petrarch's Golden Age

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The middle ages has a very sophisticated apparatus, which petrarch inherits, develops and then hands to later renaissance people. The wisdom of plato and the wisdom of cicero, are akin to the wis s of revelation. They are sort of groping toward it. They are seeing the light distanc distantly. All wise ople everywhere in time are groping toward and trying to describe the same thing. And if you have disagreements in their texts, it's the same thing where if you put your ten authors in a room and ask them to write a description of a vase, they'll all come up with different results.

David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights. He was a professor of Medieval History at Dominican University from 2006-2017, and now works as an academic advisor in the history department of the University of Minnesota. His scholarly work focuses on Venice, the Crusades, and the Mediterranean World. Numerous topics covered include: Reasons to study history; how historical figures and institutions claimed legitimacy; calling an Age "Dark" or "Golden" in order to get legitimacy; patronage of the arts to prop up legitimacy; fake innovation and fake continuity; bastardy; parrots and coconuts in medieval Europe; and more! David Perry website David Perry Patreon "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry