Guido Guerra: A Hero in Dante’s Hell
History of the Papacy Podcast

Guido Guerra: A Hero in Dante’s Hell

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 28, 202629 min

Guido Guerra was one of the most respected Guelph leaders of medieval Florence: a soldier, statesman, and civic hero whom Dante himself clearly admired. So why does Dante place him deep in the Inferno among those punished for violence against nature? In this episode, we move from Guido the historical man, to medieval ideas about sin and salvation, and finally to a larger question: are we reading Dante as a historian when we should also be reading him as a poet passing judgment on the Florence that exiled him? #HistoryOfThePapacy #Dante #DivineComedy #Inferno #GuidoGuerra #MedievalHistory #Florence #Guelphs...

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Welcome back to the History of the Papacy podcast, a podcast about the popes of Rome and Christian Church. Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the popes and Christianity. I am your host, Steve Guarra, and I thank you for joining me on this journey. He was the grandson of good Guadrada. Guido Guarra was his name. In his life, he did good with much good sense.

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Much with the Sword, Inferno 1637-39, Hollander and Hollander Translation. Welcome back to the History of the Papacy Podcast. I'm Steve, your host for this podcast about the history of the Popes of Rome and Christian Church. Last time in our episode on the Guelphs and the Gibberellines, we walked our way through how a German family feud crossed

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the Alps and became the street-level version of the oldest fight in this whole show, Papal Power vs. Secular Power. At the end of that episode, I left Dante standing at the gates of Florence, exiled, never to return.

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