Accademia della Crusca in the context of "Petrarch"

⭐ In the context of Petrarch’s literary influence, the Accademia della Crusca is considered…

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⭐ Core Definition: Accademia della Crusca

The Accademia della Crusca (Italian: [akkaˈdɛːmja della ˈkruska]; lit. 'Academy of the Bran'), generally abbreviated as La Crusca, is a Florence-based society of scholars of Italian linguistics and philology. It is one of the most important research institutions of the Italian language, as well as the oldest linguistic academy in the world.

The Accademia was founded in Florence in 1583, and has since been characterised by its efforts to maintain the purity of the Italian language. Crusca, which means "bran" in Italian, helps convey the metaphor that its work is similar to winnowing, as also does its emblem depicting a sifter for straining out corrupt words and structures (as bran is separated from wheat). The academy motto is "Il più bel fior ne coglie" ('She gathers the fairest flower'), a famous line by the Italian poet Petrarch. In 1612, the Accademia published the first edition of its dictionary, the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca, which has served as the model for similar works in French, Spanish, German and English.

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👉 Accademia della Crusca in the context of Petrarch

Francis Petrarch (/ˈpɛtrɑːrk, ˈpiːt-/; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Latin: Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Italian: Francesco Petrarca [franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka]), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest humanists.

Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism. In the 16th century, Pietro Bembo created the model for the modern Italian language based on Petrarch's works, as well as those of Giovanni Boccaccio, and, to a lesser extent, Dante Alighieri. Petrarch was later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca.

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Accademia della Crusca in the context of Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca

The Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca was the first dictionary of the Italian language, published in 1612 by the Accademia della Crusca. It was also only the second dictionary of a modern European language, being just one year later than the Tesoro de la lengua castellana o española by Sebastián de Covarrubias in Spain in 1611.

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← Petrarch ← Francesco Petrarca ← Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca
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Bran → Florence → Philology → Italian language → Academy → Winnowing → Sifter → Petrarch → Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca →