FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Ghibellines
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White Guelphs
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Black Guelphs
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante was among the supporters of the White Guelphs. In 1302 he was exiled when the Black Guelphs took control of Florence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante Alighieri was born in March (or perhaps June) 1265 in Florence. He belonged to a Guelph faction, the party in Medieval times which supported the power of the Pope over the Emperor (Ghibellines).
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.