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1265 – September 14, 1321) was an Italian and Florentine poet. His greatest ... in the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. He fought in the ...

of the Cross") was inscribed in wood and placed above Jesus head. In ... of political factions like the Guelphs and Ghibellines in public spaces. ...

Dante was a member of the same movement and a personal friend of Cavalcanti ... points in the breakdown of Medieval culture and the rise of modernity initiated ...

commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign and independent state in Western ... civil strife in Genoa between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, took refuge in ...

at an elevation of 1,300 feet (400 meters) and overlooks the valleys of the ... Francis, the founder of the Franciscan order and one of the most popular Catholic ...

he was educated at the University of Paris and came to prominence under Honorius ... the new monastic orders led by Saint Francis and Saint Dominic. However, his ...

) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... taverns. The conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, factions supporting ...

periods of independence as under the Greeks and later as the Emirate then ... Sicily is both the largest region of the modern state of Italy and ...

the world's third largest economy, and the world's largest exporter ... distinct German tribe dialects, culture, and religious beliefs. Germany ...