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Dante's Life

Dante's Life. By Bianca Bryant, Logan Calendine, and Meghan Elliott. Personal Life. Born around 1265 to Alighiero di Bellincione and Bella (most likely from the Abati family) Born in Florence, Italy Died in 1321 at 56 years old Died in Ravenna and buried at the Church of San Pier Maggiore.

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Dante's Life

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  1. Dante's Life By Bianca Bryant, Logan Calendine, and Meghan Elliott

  2. Personal Life • Born around 1265 to Alighiero di Bellincione and Bella (most likely from the Abati family) • Born in Florence, Italy • Died in 1321 at 56 years old • Died in Ravenna and buried at the Church of San Pier Maggiore

  3. Dante’s Family • Dante’s father was a “White Guelph” • The “Guelphs” were a group of people that formed a party that supported the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor • Dante’s mother died when he was about ten years old, and his father was said to have remarried • His father died in 1281, when Dante was 16 years old • Dante’s stepmother was Lapa di Chiarissimo Cialuffi and she had two children: Francesco and Tana

  4. Dante’s Marriage • Dante had an arranged marriage with Gemma di Manetto Donati at the age of twelve • Married Gemma in 1285 • However, at nine years old, Dante had already fallen in love with Beatrice Portinari • Several of Dante’s sonnets were written about Beatrice, however, none were written about his wife Dante had four children: Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni and Antonia

  5. Dante’s Education • It is assumed that Dante was enrolled in a chapter school connected to a church or monastery in Florence • Also attended a Sicilian school to study poetry • Studied with local teachers in 1277

  6. Political Life • 1289: Fought in battle of Campaldino • This was a battle between the (Pro-pope) Guelphs, and the (Pro-Emperor) Ghibellines. • 1295: Dante joins Apothecaries Guild so that he could get a seat in public office • He had to do this because of a law passed requiring people who wanted public office to be in a Corporazioni delle Arti e dei Mestieri.

  7. Political Life cont. • 1301: Dante was condemned to exile for 2 years. • He did not pay his fine because he saw himself as innocent. If he had visited Florence he could have been burned at the stake ("Exile and Death"). • 1313: The white Guelphs re-take Florence. • It is not known whether or not Dante had anything to do with this. • 1315: Amnesty granted to everyone in exile • (He can come back to Florence)

  8. Career as a Poet • Studied Tuscan poetry • Toured many schools of religion and philosophy, studied Aristotle • Influenced by poetry of Guido Guinizzelli • Strongest influence on his early poetry= Guido Cavalcanti • Poems exploring love in detail, scientific terms • Dante wrote poetry about Beatrice, praising her • Beatrice= love of his life • Pictured as immaculate, semi-divine

  9. Career as a Poet cont. • Dolce stil novo: sweet new style • Dante coined the term • Brunetto Natini- mentioned in Inferno for what he had taught Dante • Wrote many works, Divine Comedy one of the most famous • Inspired while Dante was in exile • Inferno published by 1317

  10. Dante's Works: a Partial List • The Divine Comedy: Three parts: Inferno(1304), Purgatorio(1308), and Paradisio(1316) • 1292: La Vita Nuova (the story of his love for Beatrice) • 1304: Convivio (A collection of Dante's longest poems) • 1316: Monarchia (political theory, burned after Dante's death) • 1303: De vulgari eloquentia (about vernacular literature) • Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare (famous in Italy)

  11. Works Cited "Dante Alighieri." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. N.p., n.d. 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Apr. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri>. "The World of Dante." The World of Dante. Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2012. <http://www.worldofdante.org/timeline.html>. Wetherbee, Winthrop, "Dante Alighieri", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2011/entries/dante/>.

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