THEO 20205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paschal Triduum, Guelphs And Ghibellines, Beatrice Portinari

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La divina commedia = a story about us and god that will have a happy ending, will lead to his salvation and the salvation of the people who take it seriously. Dante - upper middle class family in florence, very historic and lots of churches and old buildings, very educated - two political parties in florence: guelfs (pro-papal party) and ghibellines (pro- emperor, more secular) White guelfs (dante"s wife"s family dominated this party) vs. black guelfs (dante was elected to the city council, later exiled in 1302, dies in 1326, and never returns) Dante wrote his serious works in latin, but moved onto modern italian later on (vernacular - vehicle of culture) Written at change of century, 1300, when he was turning 35 years old, easter triduum weekend (late. March or early april, the sun is about to rise on good friday when it starts, and ends on easter.

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