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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri
Dante was born in late May 1265 in Florence, Italy. He would grow to become a great Italian poet and most famous for his work The Divine Comedy, better known as Inferno, Paradiso, and Purgatorio. In which he explores Hell, Heaven, and Purgatory.
He was originally born into lower nobility. His mother died when Dante was still young and his father died when Dante was 18. There isn’t too much known about his education, but we can say that he looked to Brunetto Latini, a Florentene philosopher for inspiration.
He led an exciting life. During an Italian civil war in which the Guelphs and Ghibellines were pitted against one another, Dante served in the army under the Guelphs in 1289. At about this time he married Gemma Donati, a member of a prominent Florentine family. His first love, however was a lady named Beatrice which can be identified in his first work La Vita Nouva.
Dante was a politician, trying to unite the European cities, but when it failed, he......


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