Epistolae, the letters of Dante

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Letters

Authors: Dante Alighieri In Year : 1920

Book Language: English

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Introduction
Epistola I: To the Cardinal Niccolò da Prato, 1304
Epistola II: To the Counts Oberto and Guido da Romena, 1304
Epistola III: To a Pistoian Exile, circa 1305
Epistola IV: To the Marquis Moroello Malaspina, circa 1309
Epistola V: To the Princes and Peoples of Italy, September or October 1310
Epistola VI: To the Florentines, March 31, 1311
Epistola VII: To the Emperor Henry VII, April 17, 1311
Epistola VIII: To the Empress Margaret, April 1311
Epistola IX: The the Empress Margaret, April or May 1311
Epistola X: To the Empress Margaret, May 18, 1311
Epistola XI: To the Italian Cardinals, May or June 1314
Epistola XII: To a friend in Florence, May 1315
Epistola XIII: To Cangrande della Scala, c. 1319

This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controversial letter to his patron Cangrande della Scala. The letters provide a good deal of context for the reader of Dante regarding his political and philosophical positions. In the final letter, the authenticity of which has been hotly contested by scholars, the author dedicates the Paradiso to the Veronese Cangrande, explains his Divine Comedy's title (then just Comedy), and discusses much of the work's content. Summary by Mary J.