Florence hosts re-trial of Dante, convicted and banished in 1302
Is justice delayed justice denied, or is it a case of better late than never? The poet Dante, author of the Divine Comedy, is being given a re-trial designed to posthumously clear his name.
Dante Aligheri was banished from the city of his birth when he found himself on the losing side of a struggle to control Florence
Jurists at a symbolic re-trial conference on Friday sought to revoke Florence s medieval 1302 conviction of Dante Alighieri that forced him into exile before his book Divine Comedy won him acclaim as Italy s Supreme Poet.
Dante Gets a Bit of Justice, 700 Years After His Death
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Accusé Dante, levez-vous ! Le procès du poète rouvre sept siècles plus tard
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