The Federal Republic of Germany in a nutshell was West Berlin, meaning it is D.
The FRG was created in 1949 as a response to the separation of Germany by the Berlin Wall, and is the modern day Germany. The FRG ceased when the Berlin Wall fell in 1990, and united both West and East Germany under one flag.
Petrarch is also known for using the vernacular language in his writing instead of Latin. His vernacular writings were later used to set the foundations of the modern Italian language.