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The Life and Times of Dante Alighieri

The Life and Times of Dante Alighieri

Balbo, Cesare

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150608846
ISBN13: 9781150608841
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.33 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...and most generous prince, at whose court we shall find, along with others, our distinguished exile. Henry made no exclusive professions or any distinction of party, but admitted chiefs of every faction into his council; he promised his favour and protection to all.... The Guelfs and Ghibellines mutually complained of his partiality, while calmer people gave him credit for his even justice; but the Guelfs in consequence held back, and the Emperor must have soon discovered that the opposite faction were his only real adherents, aa having everything to hope and nothing to fear from his protection.--Napier's Florentine History, vol. i. pp. 415, 417. (tbansl.) t Murat. Ann. 1311. Gerini. From Brescia, by Cremona, Piacenza, Pavia, and Tor-tona, Henry arrived at Genoa in November, on his way to Tuscany, whither Robert, King of Naples, was sending his emissaries and stirring up the cities. Bologna and Florence prepared openly for hostilities, and Sienna temporized. It was now that Florence took the most prominent part. It is impossible not to admire in these transactions the constancy, boldness, or, if we like to give it that name, the pride of the Florentines. Though numerous embassies were sent to Henry to Lausanne and Milan, Florence never sent one. And to the first embassy which the Emperor sent to her, Betto Brunelleschi replied, on the part of the magistracy (Signorici), that the Florentines never bowed their heads to any master. Henry sent a second embassy to them from Tortona, an account of which is given by the Bishop of Butrinto, who belonged to it, but it was not even allowed to enter the city. Notwithstanding, even as early as the 26th of April, Florence recalled some of her exiles; and on the 6th of September it appears she proclaimed a...

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