![]() ![]() Around this time, he began writing his most famous work, The Divine Comedy. These enemies, as Dante saw it, were members of the Florentine government, so Dante wrote a diatribe against them and was promptly included on a list of those permanently banned from the city. However, Henry VII’s popularity faded quickly, and his enemies had gathered strength, threatening his ascension to the throne. Full of optimism about the changes this election could bring to Italy (in effect, Henry VII could, at last, restore peace from his imperial throne while at the same time subordinate his spirituality to religious authority), Dante wrote his famous work on the monarchy, De Monarchia, in three books, in which he claims that the authority of the emperor is not dependent on the pope but descends upon him directly from God. ![]() In 1308, Henry of Luxembourg was elected emperor as Henry VII. Reports place him in Paris at times between 13, but his visit to the city cannot be verified. ![]() In March 1306, Florentine exiles were expelled from Bologna, and by August, Dante ended up in Padua, but from this point, Dante’s whereabouts are not known for sure for a few years. ![]()
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