) ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁figures ▁▁ ▁D ante ▁Al igh ieri , ▁Italian ▁poet ▁and ▁writer ▁( 1 2 6 5 – 1 3 2 1 ) ▁ ▁Francesco ▁Pet rar ca ▁( P etr arch ), ▁Italian ▁poet ▁and ▁writer ▁( 1 3 0 4 – 1 3 7 4 ) ▁ ▁Giovanni ▁B occ ac cio , ▁Italian ▁poet ▁and ▁writer ▁( 1 3 1 3 – 1 3 7 5 ) ▁ ▁Geoff rey ▁Ch au cer , ▁English ▁poet ▁and ▁writer ▁( 1 3 4 3 ▁- ▁ 1 4 0 0 ) ▁H af iz , ▁Pers ian ▁poet ▁( c . ▁ 1 3 1 0 – 1 3 7 9 ) ▁William ▁Lang land ▁( ca . ▁ 1 3 3 2 ▁– ▁ca . ▁ 1 3 8 6 ) ▁is ▁the ▁conject ured ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁dream - vision ▁P iers ▁P low man ▁Juan ▁Manuel , ▁Prince ▁of ▁Vill ena , ▁Spanish ▁author ▁( 1 2 8 2 – 1 3 4 9 ) ▁ ▁Christ ine ▁de ▁P iz an , ▁French ▁writer ▁( 1 3 6 4 – 1 4 3 0 ) ▁ ▁Sh i ▁N ai ' an ▁( 1 2 9 6 — 1 3 7 2 ), ▁Chinese ▁writer ; ▁author ▁of ▁Water ▁Mar gin ▁Lu o ▁Gu anz h ong ▁( 1 3 3 0 – 1 4 0 0 ), ▁Chinese ▁writer ; ▁author ▁of ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Three ▁Kingdom s ▁Johannes ▁G