Word: francesco
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Dates: during 1886-1886
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...Rienzo, the Roman tribune of the fourteenth century, is the real founder of the modern archaeological school, and that to him must be attributed the important share of praise and glory, as regards the renaissance of classical studies, which has been almost exclusively bestowed upon Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petraca. Archaeology is founded on an absolute critic inquiry, on the comparison of antique monuments and with written and engraved documents. Archaeology is a science which, differing from others, begins to repay at once the zeal of the student with deep moral satisfaction. It is a science so noble and fascinating...