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Beginning of Dante Alighieri's Political Exile
In 1302, the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri, defeated in the conflict between the Black and White factions, was tried in absentia by the Florentine …
Timeline
- 1302Florence · TuscanyThe Florentine commune tried Dante, a member of the White Guelphs, in absentia, sentencing him to two years' exile and a fine. Dante failed to surrender as ordered, and the sentence was escalated to lifelong exile with confiscation of all his property, marking the end of his political career and the beginning of his exile.
- 1302Florence · TuscanyDante was forced to leave Florence, thereafter moving through Verona, Ravenna, and other places, continuing to take part in the political struggles of the Italian city-states during his exile and beginning to systematically conceive and write works such as the Divine Comedy.
Sources
- Dante — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante
- Dante Alighieri — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/