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Durante degli Alighieri, better known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante, (c. June 1 1265 – September 13/14, 1321) was an Italian Florentine poet. His greatest work, la Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), is considered the greatest literary statement produced in Europe during the Middle Ages, and the basis of the modern Italian language. The Dante Alighieri Society, founded in Italy in 1889, continues to promote Italian culture and language around the world in his name.
Life
Early history and family
Dante was born in 1265 and he tells us he was born under the sign of Gemini, placing his birthday between May 18th and June 17th. As an infant, Dante may have been originally christened 'Durante' in Florence's Baptistery, and the name Dante could be a shortened version of that name.He was born into the prominent Alighieri family of Florence, with loyalties to the Guelfs, a political alliance that supported the Papacy, involved in complex opposition to the Ghibellines, who were backed by the Holy Roman Emperor. These factions fashioned their names after the ones of opposing factions of German Imperial politics, centered around the noble families of Welfen and Weibelingen, but adapting their meaning to the Italian political arena. After the defeat of the Ghibellines by the Guelfs in 1289, the Guelfs themselves were divided into White Guelfs, who were wary of Papal influence, and Black Guelfs who continued to support the Papacy. Dante (a White Guelf) pretended that his family descended from the ancient Romans (Inferno, XV, 76), but the earliest relative he can mention by name is Cacciaguida degli Elisei (Paradiso, XV, 135), of no earlier than about 1100.
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"Amor e coração nobre são uma única coisa."[Dante Alighieri]
FabioFOFFICIAL (Fabio Fernandes ATOR) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:39:14 -0000
"Amor e coração nobre são uma única coisa."[Dante Alighieri]
"Por aqui não se passa sem que se sofra o calor do fogo."Dante Alighieri
dullim (Du) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:26 -0000
"Por aqui não se passa sem que se sofra o calor do fogo."Dante Alighieri
Geh deinen Weg und lass die Leute reden! #zitat #Dante #Alighieri
____pp (Paul C. Tanasa) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:54:06 -0000
Geh deinen Weg und lass die Leute reden! #zitat #Dante #Alighieri
RT @Cantodosaber "Não há maior dor do que a de nos recordarmos dos dias felizes quando estamos na miséria."Dante Alighieri
lucianacsabreu (luciana castro) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:33:08 -0000
RT @Cantodosaber "Não há maior dor do que a de nos recordarmos dos dias felizes quando estamos na miséria."Dante Alighieri
RT @Cantodosaber: "Não há maior dor do que a de nos recordarmos dos dias felizes quando estamos na miséria."Dante Alighieri
bbguerreiro (Bruna Guerreiro) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:31:11 -0000
RT @Cantodosaber: "Não há maior dor do que a de nos recordarmos dos dias felizes quando estamos na miséria."Dante Alighieri
"Não há maior dor do que a de nos recordarmos dos dias felizes quando estamos na miséria."Dante Alighieri
Cantodosaber (cantodasabedoria) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:30:34 -0000
"Não há maior dor do que a de nos recordarmos dos dias felizes quando estamos na miséria."Dante Alighieri
Digital Dante - Effort of the Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University to prototype and develop an online Dante-related academic resource.
Alighieri, Dante - Italian poet and writer. Brief biography and list of works.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Dante Alighieri - An annotated (in linked hypertext) biography of the poet.
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Dante Alighieri - Contains a brief biography and bibliography; etext of the Harvard Classics translation of the Divine Comedy, and quotations from Bartlett's
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Dante Alighieri - Life and work of 13th century Italian poet and philosopher; by Winthrop Wetherbee.
Dante Alighieri on the Web - Includes all of his works in Italian and Latin (no English translations), as well as biographical and related historical information (in English).
Dante Chronology - A brief timeline
DanteNet - An online service for scholars of Dante provided by the Dante Society of America.
Dartmouth Dante Project - Basic Search - Dante search engine at Dartmouth University.
Italian Dante Society - Website of the scholarly institution in Italy, in English.
ORB: Dante Alighieri - Otfried Lieberknecht's links to online resources, including e-texts, publications and bibliographies.
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Otfried Lieberknecht's Homepage for Dante Studies - A comprehensive and well-organized directory of internet resources, both scholarly and more general, on Dante, his works, and Medieval literature.
Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629) - An online exhibition of illuminated Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Tabula Rasa: Dante - Article about Dante's life and work
The Guardian: Dante Alighieri - Profile, articles and links.
Wikipedia: Dante Alighieri - His life and works.
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