Download or read book Petrarch's Humanist Writing and Carthusian Monasticism written by Demetrio S. Yocum and published by Brepols Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the long line of renowned and anti-scholastic intellectuals who were attracted to Carthusian circles, Petrarch was undoubtedly the first. By revealing the Carthusian imprint on Petrarch's thought as well as elements of Carthusian spirituality present in his texts, this book argues that Carthusianism was an essential component of Petrarch's Christian humanism and hermeneutics of the self.