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Ugolino della Gherardesca c. He was frequently accused of treason and features prominently in Dante 's Divine Comedy. In the 13th century, Italy was beset by the strife of two parties, the Ghibellines and the Guelphs. While the conflict was local and personal in origin, the parties had come to be associated with the two universal powers: the Ghibellines sided with the Holy Roman Emperor and his rule of Italy, while the Guelphs sided with the Pope, who supported self-governing city-states. Pisa was controlled by the Ghibellines, while most of the surrounding cities were controlled by the Guelphs, most notably Pisa's trading rivals Genoa and Florence. Ugolino was born in Pisa into the della Gherardesca family , a noble family of Germanic origins whose alliance with the Hohenstaufen Emperors had brought to prominence in Tuscany and made them the leaders of the Ghibellines in Pisa. Between and he participated in the war against the filo-genoese giudicato of Cagliari , in Sardinia. Ugolino then obtained the south-western portion of the former giudical territory, with its rich silver mines , where he founded the important city of Villa di Chiesa , today Iglesias. Analysis Of Dante s Divine ComedyDante's allegorical analysis of the mystery of divine revelation to the unsuspecting human soul is beautifully conveyed as a subtle journey of wonder and self-discovery, made personal by characters drawn from his own lineage, contemporary Florentine life, mythology, and the A. One of the most accessible classics, this clothbound edition features delicately engraved illustrations by the nineteenth-century artist Gustave Dore and includes its own slipcase.
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