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Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence, Italy. He fell in love with Beatrice Portinari at age 9. After her death in 1290, he wrote La Vita Nuova. In 1300, he became involved in Florentine politics as a member of the White Guelph faction. However, after political upheaval, he was exiled from Florence in 1302 and spent the rest of his life traveling between Italian cities while writing The Divine Comedy. Dante finished The Divine Comedy in 1321 before dying in Ravenna later that year.

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Chronology of Dante Alighieri 1265-1321
Dante’s Life 1265 - Dante is born May 29 1274 – Age 9 First meets, and falls in love with Beatrice Portinari, who is also 9; this love drives all his literary works 1283 - Dante's father dies. He is married shortly thereafter to Gemma Donati (black Guelph), with whom he has four children (Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni and Antonia).
Chronology of dante alighieri
Dante’s Life Two political factions: •Guelphs = Pope rules heaven and earth •Ghibellines = Pope rules heaven; kings rule earth • Guelphs split in 1300 into Blacks and Whites – Blacks backed the pope: old wealth; bankers; super rich (Gemma Donati family) – Whites – merchants who wanted peace so business would prosper -- began to side with the Ghibellines • Ghibellines: the feudal aristocracy, the land owners; believed in imperial authority
Dante’s Life DANTE'S POLITICAL ALLIES • Dante began a Guelf, later a White Guelf (after his exile, but he found them crude and violent), then claimed no party affiliation and lived many years in exile with a Ghibelline and best friend, Con Grande della Scala.
Dante’s Life 1289 – He enlists in the military to fight the battle of Campaldino at age 24 as a White Guelf; defeats the Ghibellines of Arezzo. Dante recalls this battle in Purgatorio.
Dante’s Life 1290 - Death of Beatrice. 1292 - Writes La Vita Nuova.
Dante’s Life This is what Dante wrote in his notes after La Vita Nuova and before writing the Divine Comedy: "...if it be the wish of Him in whom all things flourish that my life continue for a few years, I hope to write of her that which has never been written of any lady."
Dante’s Life Dante was driven by love, politics, and a respect for Christianity. He believed in separation of church and state. 1294 - Dante meets Charles Martel, King of Hungary, a supporter 1295 - Joins the guild of the apothecaries for the purpose of entering public life. 1300 - Dante becomes one of six highest magistrates in Florence.
• 1300, Thursday night before Good Friday • Fictional beginning of Pilgrim Dante’s journey into the Inferno • Poet Dante began writing Inferno in 1306
Dante’s Life 1300 - Boniface VIII proclaims the Jubilee Year. Grrrrrrr….
Dante’s Life 1301 - Pope Boniface VIII summons Dante to Rome. 1302 - Charles of Valois invades Florence. The Black Guelfs seize power. Dante is banished and condemned to be burned alive if he ever returns p.s. 1304 - Birth of Petrarch (another Italian poet as famous as Dante; believed that people could be great thinkers and still believe in God; led to independent thought and Renaissance)
Dante’s Life on the run 1304 - Dante writes De vulgari eloquentia, his praise of vernacular Italian literature. Of four books planned, only the first book and part of the second were written. • During the same period he begins the Convivio. Only four of a projected fifteen books of the Convivio were completed. He was searching for his supreme story…
Dante’s Life on the run 1306 - Probably the year in which Dante interrupts the Convivio, begins the Comedy. 1310 - Henry of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, descends into Italy and Dante addresses an Epistle to him called De Monarchia. Possible date between 1310-1313: It states the empire in necessary to maintain peace; authority of the emperor comes directly from God. Emperor should revere pope, but answer directly to God. One monarch should rule the entire planet. Only then will we have total peace and harmony.
Dante’s Life on the run 1313 - Death of Henry. Dante’s last chance to see a separation of church and state
Dante’s Life on the run 1314 - Publication of Inferno.
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Dante’s Life on the run 1315 - Dante moves to Verona as a guest of Cangrande della Scala. Works on Purgatorio and Paradiso. 1319 - Dante moves to Ravenna, where he is the guest of Guido Novello da Polenta, lord of that city. 1321 – Dante finished The Divine Comedy; he then falls ill dies September 13 or 14.

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Chronology of dante alighieri

  • 1. Chronology of Dante Alighieri 1265-1321
  • 2. Dante’s Life 1265 - Dante is born May 29 1274 – Age 9 First meets, and falls in love with Beatrice Portinari, who is also 9; this love drives all his literary works 1283 - Dante's father dies. He is married shortly thereafter to Gemma Donati (black Guelph), with whom he has four children (Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni and Antonia).
  • 4. Dante’s Life Two political factions: •Guelphs = Pope rules heaven and earth •Ghibellines = Pope rules heaven; kings rule earth • Guelphs split in 1300 into Blacks and Whites – Blacks backed the pope: old wealth; bankers; super rich (Gemma Donati family) – Whites – merchants who wanted peace so business would prosper -- began to side with the Ghibellines • Ghibellines: the feudal aristocracy, the land owners; believed in imperial authority
  • 5. Dante’s Life DANTE'S POLITICAL ALLIES • Dante began a Guelf, later a White Guelf (after his exile, but he found them crude and violent), then claimed no party affiliation and lived many years in exile with a Ghibelline and best friend, Con Grande della Scala.
  • 6. Dante’s Life 1289 – He enlists in the military to fight the battle of Campaldino at age 24 as a White Guelf; defeats the Ghibellines of Arezzo. Dante recalls this battle in Purgatorio.
  • 7. Dante’s Life 1290 - Death of Beatrice. 1292 - Writes La Vita Nuova.
  • 8. Dante’s Life This is what Dante wrote in his notes after La Vita Nuova and before writing the Divine Comedy: "...if it be the wish of Him in whom all things flourish that my life continue for a few years, I hope to write of her that which has never been written of any lady."
  • 9. Dante’s Life Dante was driven by love, politics, and a respect for Christianity. He believed in separation of church and state. 1294 - Dante meets Charles Martel, King of Hungary, a supporter 1295 - Joins the guild of the apothecaries for the purpose of entering public life. 1300 - Dante becomes one of six highest magistrates in Florence.
  • 10. • 1300, Thursday night before Good Friday • Fictional beginning of Pilgrim Dante’s journey into the Inferno • Poet Dante began writing Inferno in 1306
  • 11. Dante’s Life 1300 - Boniface VIII proclaims the Jubilee Year. Grrrrrrr….
  • 12. Dante’s Life 1301 - Pope Boniface VIII summons Dante to Rome. 1302 - Charles of Valois invades Florence. The Black Guelfs seize power. Dante is banished and condemned to be burned alive if he ever returns p.s. 1304 - Birth of Petrarch (another Italian poet as famous as Dante; believed that people could be great thinkers and still believe in God; led to independent thought and Renaissance)
  • 13. Dante’s Life on the run 1304 - Dante writes De vulgari eloquentia, his praise of vernacular Italian literature. Of four books planned, only the first book and part of the second were written. • During the same period he begins the Convivio. Only four of a projected fifteen books of the Convivio were completed. He was searching for his supreme story…
  • 14. Dante’s Life on the run 1306 - Probably the year in which Dante interrupts the Convivio, begins the Comedy. 1310 - Henry of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, descends into Italy and Dante addresses an Epistle to him called De Monarchia. Possible date between 1310-1313: It states the empire in necessary to maintain peace; authority of the emperor comes directly from God. Emperor should revere pope, but answer directly to God. One monarch should rule the entire planet. Only then will we have total peace and harmony.
  • 15. Dante’s Life on the run 1313 - Death of Henry. Dante’s last chance to see a separation of church and state
  • 16. Dante’s Life on the run 1314 - Publication of Inferno.
  • 17. 1564
  • 18. 1569
  • 19. Dante’s Life on the run 1315 - Dante moves to Verona as a guest of Cangrande della Scala. Works on Purgatorio and Paradiso. 1319 - Dante moves to Ravenna, where he is the guest of Guido Novello da Polenta, lord of that city. 1321 – Dante finished The Divine Comedy; he then falls ill dies September 13 or 14.