EVERY Character In Dantes Inferno Explained

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Dante's Divine Comedy, and especially the Inferno, is one of the most well known pieces of medieval literature. Even those who have never read it likely recognise the name. But reading it can be a little frustrating if you aren't an early 14th century Italian, because the work is chock full of references to characters, some of whom are very obscure to most normal people. NEVER FEAR!!!! THAT'S WHY I AM HERE!!! Sit back and relax as I go through the Inferno and shout names at you, along with brief descriptions of who the hell these people are and why Dante thinks they deserve to be dunked in God-knows-what and harassed by God-knows-who. If I don't go absolutely insane first, I will also make videos on Purgatorio and Paradiso in the future, so don't forget to SMASH that subscribe button and RING-A-DING that bell... I'm very tired... • Links to the other videos in this series: • -Purgatorio: • EVERY Character In Dante's Purgatorio... • -Paradiso: • EVERY Character In Dante's Paradiso E... • Support me on Patreon: / studiumhistoriae1215 • Follow me on Instagram: / studium.historiae • Works cited and recommendations for further reading: • -Barański, Zygmunt G., Simon A Gilson, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Dante's 'Commedia' (Cambridge University Press, 2018). • -Durling, Robert M. ed. trans., Ronald L. Martinez, ed. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Vol. 1, Inferno (Oxford University Press, 1996) [includes the original Italian with facing translation, extensive notes and commentary, as well as a hefty bibliography]. • -Jacoff, Rachel, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge University Press, 2007). • -MacKinnon, Patricia L. The Analogy of the Body Politic in Saint Augustine, Dante, Petrarch, and Ariosto. Ph.D Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1988. • -Papio, Michael, trans. Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy (University of Toronto Press, 2009) [Some of our only information on a number of the characters in the Divine Comedy comes from Boccaccio's 1370s commentary. It's definitely worth a read if you're interested in a deeper dive]. • All images used in this video are either my own, in the public domain, under fair use, or under creative commons (whence they shall be credited appropriately) • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • Outro music: Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod, CC BY-SA 4.0 • http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... • #medievalhistory #medieval #middleages #history #educational #italy #italianhistory #dante #dantealighieri #divinecomedy #inferno #hell #botticelli #purgatory #heaven #paradise #satan #vergil #dantesinferno #iceberg #ninecircles #florence

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