Francesco Petrarca (matamshi wa Kiitalia: franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka; Arezzo, 20 Julai 1304 – Arquà, Padua, 18/19 Julai 1374) alikuwa mshairi wa Italia wakati wa mwanzo wa Renaissance. Katika karne ya 16, Pietro Bembo alisanifisha Kiitalia kwa kutegemea maandishi ya Petrarca na Giovanni Boccaccio, hata kuliko yale ya Dante Alighieri. Francesco Petrarch, Letters on Familiar Matters (Rerum familiarium libri), translated by Aldo S. Bernardo (New York: Italica Press, 2005). Volume 1, Books 1–8; Volume 2, Books 9–16; Volume 3, Books 17–24 Kigezo:ISBN? Francesco Petrarch, Letters of Old Age (Rerum senilium libri), translated by Aldo S. Bernardo, Saul Levin & Reta A. Bernardo (New York: Italica Press, 2005). Volume 1, Books 1–9; Volume 2, Books 10–18 Kigezo:ISBN? Francesco Petrarch, My Secret Book, (Secretum), translated by Nicholas Mann. Harvard University Press Kigezo:ISBN? Francesco Petrarch, On Religious Leisure (De otio religioso), edited & translated by Susan S. Schearer, introduction by Ronald G. Witt (New York: Italica Press, 2002) Kigezo:ISBN?