Abstract
This article will examine the ways in which Dante conceives of and articulates the notion of peace in the context of the Italian campaign of the Emperor Henry VII, and will suggest that the eventual failure of Henry’s mission marks a clear and definitive turning-point in the poet?s thinking on this subject. It is argued that Henry’s death, and his failure to establish the Empire in Italy as a strong and unifying force, led Dante to reassess his political views, and ultimately to conclude that true peace could not be realized on earth at all.
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