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Charles Allen Dinsmore

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... wrote the " Comedy " they appeared to be years when he was ignorantly wandering from the true way. During this period the civic pride of Florence was at full tide, and her eager citizens were conceiving liberal plans for her glory. In 1295 the church of Santa Croce was begun; the following year the Piazza San Giovanni was enlarged to accommodate the growing crowds that participated in her public ceremonials and festivities. Within twelve months a cathedral was projected and the services of Arnolfo secured, and in the following year, 1298, the foundations of both the Duomo and the Palazzo Vecchio were laid. It is not strange that in a city of such seething creative energy men of permanent fame should be produced. VII. THE CRITICAL YEAH The year 1300 marks the culmination of Dante's political influence in Florence, and a crisis in his career. lie could well designate it as the significant date of the "Divina Commedia." It was in this year that a storm which had long been brewing burst forth in fury. "In the said time (1300) our city of Florence," writes a contemporary chronicler,1 "was in the greatest and happiest state which it had ever been since it was rebuilt, or before, alike in greatness of power and in number of people, forasmuch as there were more than thirty thousand citizens in the city and more than seventy thousand capable of bearing arms in the country within her territory, and she was great in nobility 1 Villani, Book vm, 39. of good knights, and in free populace, and in riches, ruling over the greater part of Tuscany; whereupon the sin of ingratitude, with the instigation of the enemy of the human race, brought forth from the said prosperity pride and corruption, which put an end to the feasts and joyaunce of the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Life of Dante Alighieri. To get started finding Life of Dante Alighieri, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... wrote the " Comedy " they appeared to be years when he was ignorantly wandering from the true way. During this period the civic pride of Florence was at full tide, and her eager citizens were conceiving liberal plans for her glory. In 1295 the church of Santa Croce was begun; the following year the Piazza San Giovanni was enlarged to accommodate the growing crowds that participated in her public ceremonials and festivities. Within twelve months a cathedral was projected and the services of Arnolfo secured, and in the following year, 1298, the foundations of both the Duomo and the Palazzo Vecchio were laid. It is not strange that in a city of such seething creative energy men of permanent fame should be produced. VII. THE CRITICAL YEAH The year 1300 marks the culmination of Dante's political influence in Florence, and a crisis in his career. lie could well designate it as the significant date of the "Divina Commedia." It was in this year that a storm which had long been brewing burst forth in fury. "In the said time (1300) our city of Florence," writes a contemporary chronicler,1 "was in the greatest and happiest state which it had ever been since it was rebuilt, or before, alike in greatness of power and in number of people, forasmuch as there were more than thirty thousand citizens in the city and more than seventy thousand capable of bearing arms in the country within her territory, and she was great in nobility 1 Villani, Book vm, 39. of good knights, and in free populace, and in riches, ruling over the greater part of Tuscany; whereupon the sin of ingratitude, with the instigation of the enemy of the human race, brought forth from the said prosperity pride and corruption, which put an end to the feasts and joyaunce of the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Life of Dante Alighieri. To get started finding Life of Dante Alighieri, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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