FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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he was a moderate pro-paparian
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he was a moderate pro-imperialist
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he was a radical pro-paparian
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he was a radical pro-imperialist
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante was a White Guelph supporter, opposed to the Papal influence, and he paid for it with exile, never returning to his homeland again. Exiled from Florence in 1301, he was threatened with death by burning at the stake if he returned (a sentence only voided by Florence’s council in 2008).
Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s most poignant reference appears in Canto XXVI, when he enthusiastically declares, Florence, rejoice, now that you have such fame, And over land and sea you spread your wings! The whole Inferno’s ringing with your name!
Detailed explanation-3: -Accused of corruption and financial wrongdoing, Dante was first exiled from Florence for two years in 1302 after he refused to pay a fine. Shortly thereafter he was banned for life and threatened with execution at the stake or beheading if he returned.
Detailed explanation-4: -By choosing to write his poem in Italian rather than in Latin, Dante decisively influenced the course of literary development. Not only did he lend a voice to the emerging lay culture of his own country, but Italian became the literary language in western Europe for several centuries.