Dante’s Inferno was one of 3 works that was compiled into his major work the Divine Comedy. He lived around the 1200-1300s and discussed some of the Florentine Politics he either witnessed or participated in including his exile from Florence. This can be found in the 6th Chapter of Inferno when Dante is in the 3rd Circle of Hell. In the book it referred to the spring of 1300, which is the fictional date of Dante’s journey. Dante being born in 1265 is what people at the time call the “halfway point” through life. He was 35-years-old based on the conventional life-cycle of 70 years when the poem opens in the 1st chapter of Inferno.
At this time, the city of Florence was politically divided into two rival factions known as white and black guelphs.
At this time, the city of Florence was politically divided into two rival factions known as white and black guelphs.