(August 29, 2017 at 9:00 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: As for being a political tale, not so much. While there may be some relevant political content, especially of concerning Florence and it's leader, it is a theological tale.
Lots o' politicians show up in the thing.
"Dante’s personal life and the writing of The Comedy were greatly influenced by the politics of late-thirteenth-century Florence.
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The pope, as well as a multitude of other characters from Florentine politics, has a place in the Hell that Dante depicts in Inferno—and not a pleasant one."
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/context.html
Everything I needed to know about life I learned on Dagobah.
