A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW
OF
THE AGE OF DANTE
A. D.
1265. Dante, son of Alighieri degli Alighieri and Bella, is born at Florence. Of his own ancestry he speaks in the Paradise, Canto XV. and XVI.
In the same year, Manfredi, king of Naples and Sicily, is defeated and slain by Charles of Anjou. Hell, C. XXVIII. 13. And Purgatory, C. III. 110.
Guido Novello of Polenta obtains the sovereignty of Ravenna.
H. C. XXVII. 38.
1266. Two of the Frati Godenti chosen arbitrators of the differences at Florence. H. C. XXIII. 104. Gianni de’ Soldanieri heads the populace in that city. H. C. XXXII. 118.
1268. Charles of Anjou puts Conradine to death, and becomes King of Naples. H. C. XXVIII. 16 and Purg C. XX. 66.
1272. Henry III. of England is succeeded by Edward I. Purg. C. VII. 129.