A retelling of Dante Alighieri · 1320

Letters

“Dante's thirteen surviving Latin letters, written in exile: to cardinals and counts, to a fellow poet, to the cities and princes of Italy, to the Emperor Henry VII — whom he hoped would bring him home — to a friend in Florence, refusing a humiliating pardon, and to his patron Can Grande, explaining the meaning of the Divine Comedy.”

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Contents13 episodes · ~20 min

  1. 1Letter I: To Cardinal Niccolò da Prato (1304)Free
  2. 2Letter II: To the Counts of Romena (1304)🔒
  3. 3Letter III: To Cino da Pistoia (c. 1305–06)🔒
  4. 4Letter IV: To Moroello Malaspina (c. 1307–08)🔒
  5. 5Letter V: To the Princes and Peoples of Italy (1310)🔒
  6. 6Letter VI: To the Florentines (1311)🔒
  7. 7Letter VII: To the Emperor Henry VII (1311)🔒
  8. 8Letter VIII: For the Countess of Battifolle, to the Empress Margaret (1311)🔒
  9. 9Letter IX: For the Countess of Battifolle, to the Empress Margaret (1311)🔒
  10. 10Letter X: For the Countess of Battifolle, to the Empress Margaret (1311)🔒
  11. 11Letter XI: To the Italian Cardinals (1314)🔒
  12. 12Letter XII: To a Friend in Florence (1315)🔒
  13. 13Letter XIII: To Can Grande della Scala (c. 1316–20)🔒