HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Aeneid, God Speaks
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Written ~1300-1321 in italian: the first major work in italian. Made it a language that could talk about science and etc. Put it on the map as a major language. Easter is the moment of salvation from sin. Goes through hell and draws people in hell who could not be saved. Descend, then you are reborn into a new life. Moment of cosmic renewal (when all the stars lined up the way the universe was created) Minted a reliable currency that became used all over the world (floren) A republic - an institutional govt. (not feudal) Run by the business & professional class & by trade guilds. Whites wanted to maintain the purity of florence. Dante was a white guelph (had to exile his poet friend cavalcante. Dante was permanently exiled from florence 1302, in his early 30s. Had to rethink his whole life and aims. Read virgil"s the aeneid at the right time.
