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Dante

Dante. Kaily & Delaney/4P & 4D November 14, 2007. Dante. Who was he? Why is he important? When and where did he live? Interesting details of his life. Who was Dante?. He was a doctor. He was a poet. He was an author. He wrote a play called Dante’s Inferno. Why he was important.

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Dante

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  1. Dante Kaily & Delaney/4P & 4D November 14, 2007

  2. Dante • Who was he? • Why is he important? • When and where did he live? • Interesting details of his life.

  3. Who was Dante? • He was a doctor. • He was a poet. • He was an author. • He wrote a play called Dante’s Inferno.

  4. Why he was important • He wrote a play that placed people at the different levels of hell. To learn more about those levels, click HERE. • He is famous for his poem called Commedia. • He is also famous for his book La vita nuova [the new life]. • In addition to everything, he wrote numerous lyrics, eclogues, and epistles.

  5. When and where he lived • He was born in 1265 and he died in1321. • He was active as councilman, elector, and prior of Florence from 1295-1300. • He was banished in 1302 and moved to Italy. • He died at the court of Guido da Polenta in Ravenna, where he is buried.

  6. Interesting Details • Dante’s mom died when he was 5 or 6. • Shortly after his mom’s death his dad got re-married. • His new mom had twins. • Dante was then promised to marry Gemma when he was 12 and later they had three sons. http://www.travelwebdir.com/travelblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/dante-ravenna.jpg

  7. Miscellaneous Facts • Dante was a famous writer and a very well- known poet.

  8. A movie about Dante

  9. Sources • http://www.themiddleages.net/people/dante.html, http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/dante.htm, http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=5091997D-EAE8-474E-8A61-7F3C63CFA3B1, http://www.ihateyourjob.com/images/dante.jpgml, http://whttp://www.travelwebdir.com/travelblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/dante-ravenna.jpg, http://www.ibnjaldun.com/fileadmin/plantilla/fotosenr/perso/Portrait_de_Dante.jpg,

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