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This sentence is coming from podestà Cante de' Gabrielli da Gubbio, i.e. the equivalent of the city's government, not from the Pope or a religious authority.
by gattilorenz 2y ago
This sentence is coming from podestà Cante de' Gabrielli da Gubbio, i.e. the equivalent of the city's government, not from the Pope or a religious authority.
- toyg 2y agoYeah but the pope was the main power behind the ruling faction's coup at the time. It's like saying that the death squads in South America (financed and trained by US agencies in the context of Operation Condor) were not executing US orders.
- gattilorenz 2y agoVery dubious claim, especially given that there is absolutely nothing related to religion mentioned in Dante’s sentence above, and that both Dante and the podestà belonged to the same party (Guelfi), but to opposed factions. Despite referring to the Pope or the Emperor, it is my understanding that the division between Guelfi and Ghibellini, or Guelfi Bianchi and Guelfi Neri, were almost exclusively based on political interests and being able to control power (see for example https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ghibellini-e-guelfi-in-italia_%28Federiciana%29/ https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ghibellini-e-guelfi-in-...)