Dante Alighieri - bhsworldcivhonors

By: Anna Borkholder
Jessica Zimmerman
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Born
◦ Florence, Italy
 Between May and June 1265
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Death
◦ 1321
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Home-town
 Florence, Italy
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La Vita Nuova
The Divine Comedy
Purgatorio
The New Life
Paradiso
Di Vulfari Eloquentia
Convivo and The Inferno
Divine Comedy
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Paradiso
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Calvary man
◦ Alliance with White Guelfs – Pope
 Detained by Papal authorities
 January 1302
 Crimes he didn’t commit
 Burn to death if returned to home town
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Courts inspired The Divine Comedy
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Inspired artists
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Known as Italy’s best known poet