Petrarch and Boccaccio in the First Commentaries on Dantes Commedia: A Literary Canon Before its Official Birth

This text proposes a reinterpretation of the history behind the canon of the Tre Corone (Three Crowns), which consists of the three great Italian authors of the 14th century - Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. The conclusions of this work are of interest to scholars of Dante in particular.