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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri was one of the most influential poets of all time. He wrote works such as The Divine Comedy and De Monarchia. His works continue to be read today and almost all who read them are fascinated. Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in 1265. After a long life there, he was exiled for 2 years, though, he never returned. He didn’t technically settle down anywhere for a while. People believe that he then settled in Bologna in 1304, where he wrote De Vulgari Eloquentia. Alighieri wrote all of his works in Italian instead of Latin, which was very strange for his time. Alighieri then wrote another one of his most famous works, De Monarchia, about the monarchy in Italy. He wrote this in the form of a trilogy. It was

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