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== History == | == History == | ||
Italian developed from the regional forms of spoken Latin used after the decline of the | Italian developed from the regional forms of spoken Latin used after the decline of the Western Roman Empire. These forms gradually became the Italo-Romance languages spoken across the peninsula. Early written examples appeared during the Middle Ages, including the Placiti Cassinesi from the tenth century. | ||
The Tuscan language gained literary prestige during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The works of [[Dante Alighieri]], [[Petrarch]], and [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] established the Florentine variety as an important written form. Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' demonstrated that a vernacular language could be used for major literary works instead of Latin. | The Tuscan language gained literary prestige during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The works of [[Dante Alighieri]], [[Petrarch]], and [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] established the Florentine variety as an important written form. Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' demonstrated that a vernacular language could be used for major literary works instead of Latin. | ||