Dante brings the legendary author—and the medieval Italy of his era— to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about the context he wrote them in. In Dante, Barbero brings the legendary author's Italy to life, describing the political intrigue, battles, city and society that shaped his life and work. The son of a shylockwho dreams of belonging to the world of writers and nobles, we follow Dante into the dark corridors of politics where ideals are shattered by rampant corruption, and then into exile as he travels Italy and discovers the extraordinary color and variety of the countryside, the metropolises, and the knightly courts. This is a book by a serious scholar with real popular appeal, as evidenced by its bestseller ranking in Italy.It is a remarkable piece of forensic investigation into medieval Italian life.
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Glossary
- Introduction: Why Dante Matters
- Chapter One: St Barnabas’s Day
- Chapter Two: Dante and the Nobility
- Chapter Three: Cacciaguida and the Others
- Chapter Four: The Alighieri Clan
- Chapter Five: Infancy and the District
- Chapter Six: Love and Friendships
- Chapter Seven: Dante’s Studies
- Chapter Eight: A Mysterious Marriage
- Chapter Nine: Dante’s Business Dealings
- Chapter Ten: Politics: The Magnates and the People
- Chapter Eleven: Politics: The White Guelphs and the Black Guelphs
- Chapter Tweleve: Banishment
- Chapter Thirteen: An Exile’s Family
- Chapter Fourteen: The Fate of Dante’s Wealth
- Chapter Fifteen: Keeping Company with the Wicked
- Chapter Sixteen: The Mysteries of Verona
- Chapter Seventeen: Turncoat
- Chapter Eighteen: ‘Other people’s stairs’
- Chapter Ninteen: Henry VII
- Chapter Twenty: Other People’s Bread
- Chapter Twenty-One: Ravenna
- About the Author
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
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