The Revolution of Cola Di Rienzo Author:Francesco Petrarca This book tells the story of the relationship between Cola di Rienzo, a young visionary with a gift for oratory who overthrew the rule of the barons and the pope, and Francesco Petrarch, the poet and Renaissance humanist. Using Petrarch's letters to and about the Roman tribune, it traces his friendship from their first encounter in Avignon in 13... more »43 and the poet's enthusiastic embrace of Cola's revolution in 1347, through his growing doubts and first criticisms, to his bitter disappointment at Cola's fall. Third edition with revised introduction, bibliography, map, notes and index.« less