Dante Alighieri was politically aligned with the white Guelphs. The White Guelphs are a party:

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Dante Alighieri was politically aligned with the white Guelphs. The White Guelphs are a “party":

A	pro-papal, but who wants to maintain some municipal autonomy
B	friend
C	filoimperiale
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante’s party, the Guelphs, ostensibly supported the pope, but one faction (the White Guelphs) wanted to limit the pope’s power, while the other faction (the Black Guelphs) didn’t.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante believed that the ideal social and political condition for human beings to achieve happiness is peace. Peace is achieved when the life of a community as a whole is not disturbed by the attempts of individuals and/or factions to pursue selfish ends and turn against other human beings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante belonged to the White Guelphs. In general, the Guelphs were more often victorious. Also, in 1266, the Capetian House of Anjou, which belonged to the Guelph party, took the crown of Sicily.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Guelphs supported the papacy, and the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; Dante was a Guelph. However, he was a white Guelph (as opposed to a black Guelph): his group were seen to be unfaithful to the papacy and therefore many of their important figures were exiled from Florence.

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