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I'd like to start a conversation on this Italian feud. Was it merely a Renaissance version of 1920s-era Chicago gang wars, or did it go deeper than that? We know that this fighting affected Dante, so much so that I believe he was forced into exile outside his own Florence. If you have any comments on this subject, please post them here.
The Divine Comedy was a polemic designed to ascribe who the good guys were in this conflict.? Dante was a political figure and alligned with the Guelphs.? He however was in love with Beatrice (married to his close friend and fellow poet Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1255?1300)) who was the daughter of Farinata degli Uberti, who just happened to be the leader of the Ghibellines of Florence.? Dante thought Beatrice could be the guide to the end of the conflict between their two warring parties, and so used her as his muse and guide in The Divine Comedy.
