Author: Lonsdale Ragg

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 9781330664940

Excerpt from Dante and His Italy The primary purpose of this volume is to present a vivid picture of life in Italy in Dante's day, based, as far as possible, upon original authorities. The author is conscious of omissions, imperfections and inequalities; but he wishes it to be understood that the book is intended to be a sketch rather than a finished picture. Hence no attempt has been made to deal exhaustively with the history or the literature of the period, which are only treated in such a way as to supply what is necessary for the purposes of the general reader. The plan of the work is simple. Opening with a bird's-eye view of Europe at the critical moment of Dante's life, the "ideal date" of his vision, it then starts afresh with the beginning of the century that closes with his death, and traverses the period in ever-narrowing circles: Europe, Italy, Florence, and finally Dante and his literary friends in Florence and his hosts in exile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.