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By Karen Carr|2018-10-02T07:17:25-07:00August 3rd, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off

Dante Alighieri, painted by Giotto about 1320 AD Dante wrote in Italian, not Latin Since the time of the Romans, writers who lived in Italy had always written in Latin. Virgil wrote in Latin, Ovid wrote in Latin, [...]

Late medieval Italy – Guelfs and Ghibellines

By Karen Carr|2019-10-08T18:14:57-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Late medieval Italy – Guelfs and Ghibellines

Late medieval Italy: Constance of Sicily (late 1100s AD) North Italy's republics All through the later middle ages, Northern Italy was still divided into lots of small independent city-states. The most important city-states [...]

Guelfs

Dante Alighieri – Inferno – Middle Ages

Dante Alighieri – Inferno – Middle Ages

Late medieval Italy – Guelfs and Ghibellines