Tag: Virgil

• 097 – Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy

  We have a look at the opus magna of Dante Alighieri, the Divine Comedy, before seeing him off to the end of his days and beyond, with the adventures of his corpse

  A History of Italy

  September 8, 2020

  Bible, Da Polenta, Dalla Scala, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Florence, Francesca dia Rimini, INferno, Malatesta, Podcast, Purgatory, Rimini, Verona, Virgil

• 089 – The “cannibal” count – an example of late 13th century Italian politics

  the politics of late 13th century Pisa as an example of the general situation in the communes as well as touching on Sardinia.

  A History of Italy

  June 4, 2020

  Arborea, Cagliari, Dante Alighieri, Gallura, Genoa, Iglesias, Judicate, Logudoro, Meloria, Pisa, Podcast, Ruggieri degli Ubaldi, Sardinia, Torres, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Virgil