By: Anna Borkholder Jessica Zimmerman
Born ◦ Florence, Italy Between May and June 1265 Death ◦ 1321 Home-town Florence, Italy
La Vita Nuova The Divine Comedy Purgatorio The New Life Paradiso Di Vulfari Eloquentia Convivo and The Inferno
Divine Comedy Paradiso
Calvary man ◦ Alliance with White Guelfs – Pope Detained by Papal authorities January 1302 Crimes he didn’t commit Burn to death if returned to home town Courts inspired The Divine Comedy Inspired artists Known as Italy’s best known poet