FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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Ghibelino
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Guelphs
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pontifical
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Neri
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 15th century, the Guelphs supported Charles VIII of France during his invasion of Italy at the start of the Italian Wars, while the Ghibellines were supporters of the emperor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Guelf and Ghibelline, Guelf also spelled Guelph, members of two opposing factions in German and Italian politics during the Middle Ages.