FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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In 1265, the year of Dante’s birth.
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In 1300, the year of the Jubilee.
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In 1290, the year of the death of his beloved Beatrice.
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In 1302, the year of Dante’s exile.
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Detailed explanation-1: -1300-Dante is prior for two months (15 June-15 August), one of the six highest magistrates in Florence. Boniface VIII proclaims the Jubilee Year. Fictional date (Eastertime) of the journey of the Divine Comedy. 1301-Dante is sent to Rome as an envoy to Pope Boniface VIII, as Charles of Valois approaches Florence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet who lived during the Middle Ages, from 1265 to 1321, and is best known for his literary work, “The Divine Comedy.” However, it was not until the renaissance era that his work became popularized and is even influential today.
Detailed explanation-3: -One important late medieval figure who played a key role in shaping the cultural concepts of life after death-even to the present day-is Dante Alighieri, the Florentine poet who was born in the 1260s and died in 1321.
Detailed explanation-4: -The events of the Divine Comedy are set around 1300 because Dante was born in 1265 and rumored to be in the middle of his earthly life, which at that time was considered to be about seventy years.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was an Italian poet and politician most famous for his Divine Comedy (c. 1319) where he descends through Hell, climbs Purgatory, and arrives at the illumination of Paradise. Dante meets many historical characters along the way, including his guide, the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 BCE).