![]() This growing interest in literature is also reflected in the emergence of vernacular texts - texts written in Italian, French, English and so on. Books told of the exotic adventures of noblemen and women of ancient battles and love stories of the crimes of sinners and villains, and of the deeds of saints and heroes. ![]() ![]() As an ever-more wealthy, literate and largely urban population developed, so too did the audience for entertaining and educational literature. This manuscript illustration from the early 1300s shows the three-headed dog Cerberus, who appears in the poem guarding the entrance to the third circle of Hell, greeting those who have succumbed to gluttony.Īrt, music and literature blossomed in the Middle Ages, producing some of the most important, original and enduring works in the history of Western culture. An imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, the work explores ideas of the afterlife in medieval Christian belief. The Divine Comedy is not a comedy at all, the title Commedia refers to the fact that the journey starts from hell and ends with Dante’s visit to heaven and meeting with God and understanding of the mystery of reincarnation. ![]() Dante’s poem, The Divine Comedy, is one of the most important works of medieval literature. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is an epic poem written between 1308 and his death in 1321. ![]()
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