Florence economic, political, and social expansion. During the fourteenth century, Dante was a young man and he was just starting to see the true identity of Florence and Italy overall. Population began to increases in hundreds (Salvemini 317). During Dante’s birth in 1265 and even after his death, Florence grew tremendously in both population and economy. This sudden growth gave rise to a higher and more respected socioeconomic class of individuals who strived in power by wealth (Cary 320). Florence’s
The Development of Dante in Inferno Every civilization in history has made an effort, of some nature, to try and understand the world around them more thoroughly through religion or philosophy of some nature. Not least of these was medieval Rome or, for that matter, any of the warring city-states surrounding it in an ancient and divided Italy. Although each city-state had a religious allegiance to Rome and the authority of its leader, the Pope, Florence, Venice, and Naples never wanted to fully submit
Throughout history we see that friendship plays a significant role within numerous works of literature. Just when we thought the “bromance” was a recent invention, all one has to do is take a look at a work of literature from any time period to know that the “bromance” is as old as recorded history. This paper is an examination of the theme of friendship and how it reveals character in the relationships between Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Dante and Virgil as well as Rama and Lakshmana. At the center of