FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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He was agains the current government and wanted to overthrow the the emperor.
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He was outside Florence when the black guelphs took over it and exiled any white guelphs that were alive.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Poet and politician Dante Alighieri is exiled from Florence, where he served as one of six priors governing the city.
Detailed explanation-3: -White and Black Guelphs 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-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.