Guelphs and Ghibellines — • Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Guelphs and Ghibellines Guelphs and Ghib … Catholic encyclopedia
Guelphs and Ghibellines — The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting, respectively, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in central and northern Italy during the 12th and 13th centuries. The struggle for power between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire had… … Wikipedia
Church and state in medieval Europe — The relationship between the Church and the feudal states during the medieval period went through a number of developments, roughly from the end of the Roman Empire through to the beginning of the Reformation. The events of the struggles for… … Wikipedia
Ghibellines and Guelphs — • Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
GUELPHS — a political party in Italy, who from the 11th to the 14th centuries maintained, against the claims of the Emperors, the independence of Italy, and the supremacy of the Pope, in opposition to the GHIBELLINES (q.v.) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ugolino and Dante — Count Ugolino della Gherardesca was a person of a Ghibelline Pisan leader that Dante placed in the 9th circle of hell in Inferno because of his treason against his country. In the poem, Ugolino is found frozen in the ice of Antenora chewing on… … Wikipedia
Pistoia and Prato — • Diocese near Florence, Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pistoia and Prato Diocese of Pistoia and Prato † … Catholic encyclopedia
Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania — • Diocese; S. Angelo in Vado is a city in the Marches, on the site of the ancient Tifernum Metaurense , a town of the Umbrian Senones, near the River Metaurus, believed to have been destroyed by the Goths Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy — The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts or canticas (or cantiche ), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio 33, and Paradiso 33 … Wikipedia
Battle of Montaperti — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Montaperti partof=the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines date=September 4, 1260 place=outside Siena, present day Italy result=Decisive Ghibelline victory combatant1=Florence (Guelphs)… … Wikipedia
