English summary: Well-known German and Italian experts on Petrarch and humanism discuss in this volume one of the most important figures of European intellectual history. Because of the breadth and depth of his collected works, Petrarca (1304-1374) is held to be the founder of humanism and a major precursor of the Renaissance. One main focus of this book are in-depth analyses of Petrarca's most famous work Canzoniere. It becomes clear...