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	Dante Forgiven

ramsesemerson

6-18-2008 4:28 PM

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literature, italy, florence, dante, books, crime, exile

ramsesemerson says:

Reminds me of Jasper Fforde books. So cool.

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Florence's city council has approved a motion revoking a sentence on Dante 
  from 1302 which stated that he would be executed if he stepped foot in the 
  city again.
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The sentence forced Dante into exile and he spent the last 20 years of his 
  life wandering through Italy, finally ending his days in Ravenna in 1321.
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It was during his exile that he composed his greatest work, <I>The Divine 
  Comedy, </I>a three-part journey through the Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise.
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The mayor of Florence, Leonardo Domenici, will now award the poet the city's 
  highest honour and revoke the sentence. 
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"It is a decisive step forward to his rehabilitation," the council 
  said.
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However, opponents labelled it a "stunt" and said that Dante's 
  poetry would never have existed were it not for his suffering in exile.
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