FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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Guelphs and Ghibellines
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White Guelphs and Black Guelphs
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Catholics and Protestants
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1300, the Florentine Guelphs had divided into the Black and White Guelphs. The Blacks continued to support the Papacy, while the Whites were opposed to Papal influence, specifically the influence of Pope Boniface VIII. Dante was among the supporters of the White Guelphs.
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: -Dante probably lived in Via Dante Alighieri, in a building in front of Piazza San Martino.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -He lived for periods in Arezzo, Bologna and Verona and his last few years were spent in Ravenna, where he died in September 1321.