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| June 1, 1321 |
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| Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) |
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Dante, Florence and the Divine Comedy
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| by Steve King |
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In 1300, at the age of thirty-five, Dante Alighieri was exiled from his home, the city-state of Florence, never to return. Italian politics at the time were dirty and dangerous, and to go into public life, as Dante did, was to go armed: Florentine fought Pisan, papist fought royalist, nobleman fought merchant, and family fought family. Florence was a democratic commune, but one so wary of corruption and power-plays, that the city's highest political officers, the "Priors" were limited to just two months in office. As a Prior, Dante's policies of compromise were unpopular with the militants; when he was out of the country, they trumped-up a conviction for graft, and he was banished. ... FULL STORY »
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