Sicilian School

The Sicilian School of Poetry ( Scuola poetica siciliana ) were a group of poets about 1220 to 1260 at the court of Emperor Frederick II, in which cultural and literary influences from southern France ( Trobadordichtung ) and the Muslim world mingled with the Norman and Greek heritage.

The circle of poets belonged to high dignitaries of the court, as the imperial logothete Petrus de Vinea, and officials legally formed, such as Jacopo d' Aquino, Giacomo Pugliese, Arrigo Testa, like almost all the poets of the Middle Ages in the true sense of the word dilettante were, therefore, only incidentally operated as a poet. Even Frederick himself and his sons, Manfred and Enzio of Sardinia wrote poems. Main representative was Giacomo da Lentini, the invention of the sonnet is attributed. The Sicilian school of poetry had great influence on the further development of Italian poetry. She coined such as the Dolce Stil Novo, who has the young Dante Alighieri lasting impact.