On This Day March 10

In the early 14th century Dante Aligheri was a leader of the Bianchi, who opposed of the Florence bankers who wanted to involve France in Papal ambitions. Dante was accused of misapplication of monies and on March 10, 1302, he was sentenced to permanent banishment from Florence, and the death penalty should he ever return. Dante never saw his wife again. He conceived The Divine Comedy, an imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, during his exile.

Dante exile

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