FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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The White Guelphs
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The Black Guelphs
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The Ghibellines
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The white Guelphs, the more moderate part of the pope’s supporters
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Detailed explanation-1: -Background to Dante’s Inferno. Two poltical parties in the 13th century dominated Florence. The Guelfs: supported the Pope. The Ghibellines: supported the Emperor and the aristocratic families.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In the tense political life of his city, Dante played full part. A nobleman, he joined the People, registered as a Guildsman, and in 1300 was one of the six Priors, the supreme Council of Government.
Detailed explanation-4: -The historical context for Dante’s Inferno is the centuries-long war between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, over whether the emperor or the pope should have more power.