Excerpt from The Comedy of Dante Allighieri: Part I the Hell Well-trained, wise, and noble to boot (though that was hardly a qualification in Florence), Dante naturally became one of the leading men of the Republic. We have it on the same authority that no legation was heard or answered, no law reformed, none departed from, no peace made, no public war undertaken, and, in brief, no deliberation having any weight was held, in which he had not a voice. In 1300, he was elected one of the Priori, or temporary chief magistrates ...
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Excerpt from The Comedy of Dante Allighieri: Part I the Hell Well-trained, wise, and noble to boot (though that was hardly a qualification in Florence), Dante naturally became one of the leading men of the Republic. We have it on the same authority that no legation was heard or answered, no law reformed, none departed from, no peace made, no public war undertaken, and, in brief, no deliberation having any weight was held, in which he had not a voice. In 1300, he was elected one of the Priori, or temporary chief magistrates of Florence, - the highest position which any of her citizens could aspire to, but, for him, only the step to a reverse which lasted out the residue of his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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