LIT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Middle Ages
10 Jan 2017
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Born in florence, italy in may 1265. Had an arranged marriage in his youth to gemma donati, daughter of manetto. Da(cid:374)te"s greatest lo(cid:448)e, a(cid:374)d the greatest si(cid:374)gle i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)ce o(cid:374) his (cid:449)ork is beatrice: met her when he was engaged to someone else, beatrice died at the age of 25 after marrying someone else. Da(cid:374)te"s (cid:449)orld (cid:449)as threefold: the world of politics, the world of theology, the world of leaning. His comedy utilizes all three: these areas are interdependent, so that it is difficult and perhaps unprofitable to sat that one was more important than the other. The middle ages was dominated by the papacy and the empire. Rulers of the independent italian states often fought with each other to establish dominance. White guelph"s: da(cid:374)te"s political policy, supported the independence of florence from strict papal control. The black guelph"s: were willing to work with the pope to restore their power, under the direction of pope boniface 8.
