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In the early spring of 1358 Francis Petrarch was invited by his friend Giovanni Mandelli, a leading military and political figure of Visconti Milan, to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Pleased at the invitation, Petrarch nevertheless declined to undertake the journey. Fear of the sea, of shipwreck, and of slow death and nausea worse than death held him back. While Petrarch would not make the literal journey he offered Mandelli a pilgrimage guide instead of his nevertheless, I shall be with you in spirit, and since you have requested it, I will accompany you with this writing, which will be for you like a brief itinerary. Composed over three days between March and April of 1358, the Itinerarium ad sepulchrum domini nostri takes the characteristic Petrarchan form of an epistle to a friend. Delivered to his correspondent in the form of an elegant booklet, the work presents a literary self-portrait that was meant to stand as the more stable effigy of my soul and intellect as well as a description of places. Although the Holy Land is the ostensible destination of the pilgrimage, more than half of this charming guidebook is devoted to Petrarchs leisurely and loving descriptions of It

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Author

with an introductory essay, translation, and notes by Theodore J. Cachey, Jr

Publisher

University of Notre Dame Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780268038731

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, History, Travel

Rating

5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14