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his imprisonment, 78. Her griefat his death, 79. Extracts fromher poems, 80. Her death, 81.Conrad III. , emperor,.i. 2.Consalvo, the Spanish general, i.284.
Convennole, i. 63.
Coutinho, Miguel Rodriguez, iii.321.
Couto, Diogo de iii. 324.
D.
Dante Alighieri, his parentage, i.
I. Born in the spring of 1265, 2.Fable concerning his birth, 3.Extracts from his “ Paradiso,”and his “ Inferno,” 4. His earlyeducation, 5. Enters upon hisnoviciate at a convent of theMinor Friars, but withdraws be-fore the term of probation wasended, 6. Story of his early lovefor Beatrice, 7. Pursues hisstudies in the universities ofPadua , Bologna, and Paris, 8.Supposed to have visited Ox-ford, 8. High estimation in whichhis works were held in England,9. His progress in the schoolsof divinity and philosophy, 9.His marriage with MadonnaGemma, 10. Style of his poetry,
II. His domestic discomforts,22. His character as a citizen, asoldier, and a magistrate, 13.Serves among the cavalry in thebattle of Campaldino. 14. Hisextraordinary valour during thatengagement; his allusion to itin Canto XII. of the “ In-ferno,” 15. Is again in the fieldat the siege of Caprona, 15. Ex-tract from Canto XXI. of the“ Inferno,” alluding to this ac-tion, 16. Traditional account ofhis embassies to the courts ofHungary, Naples, and France ,16. Chosen in the year 1300, bythe suffrages of the people, chiefprior of his native city, 17. Hisendeavours to put down the fac-tions of the Bianchi and Neri,18. Appeals to the people atlarge to support the executivegovernment, 19. Accused of par-tiality to the Bianchi, 20. Un-dertakes an embassy to Rome , tosolicit the good offices of thepope towards pacifying his fellowcitizens without foreign inter-ference, 21. Anecdote of, 21.
During his absence, his dwellingdemolished by the Neri, his pro-perty confiscated, and a fine of8000 lire decreed against him,with banishment for two years,22. Joins himself with theBianchi, who transfer their af-fections to the Ghibellines, deem-ing the adherents of the emperorless the enemies of their countrythan their adversaries, 23. With-draws from the confederacy indisgust, 23. Extract from hisDel Paradiso,” in allusion tothis subject, 24. Extract fromhis “ Purgatorio,” 25. Endea-vours to obtain a reversal of hisunrighteous sentence, 25. Ap-peals to Henry of Luxemburgh;dedicates his political treatise,entitled “ De Monarchia, ” tothat prince, 26. A third decreepassed against him ; he retires toFrance , 27. Anecdotes of hiscaustic humour, 28. Comparedwith Marius, 29. His mentalsufferings during his nineteenyears’ banishment, 30. His let-ter, refusing the conditions of-fered by the Florentine govern-ment, 31. His death, on the 1+thof September, 1321, 33. Hissplendid funeral, 34. Monu-ments raised to his memory, 35.His confiscated property restoredto his family, 35. His memoryexecrated, and his writings pro-scribed by pope John XXII. , 35.His person, as described by Boc-caccio , 37. Anecdote of, 38. Hisfamily, 39. Notice of his writ-ings, 40. Origin of the “ DivinaCommedia, ” 42. Dramatic cha-racter of the work, 44. Extractfrom Canto X. of the “ Inferno,”46. His character as a man anda poet, 54. Character of hispoetry, 58.
Demisiano, ii. 15.
Demourier, General, ii. 315.
Digbv, Sir Kenelm, ii. 11.
Donati, Corso, i. 12.
Donati Lucretia, i. 156.
E.
Elia, the faithful servant of Alfieri.
ii. 266.
Enriquez, Feliciano, iii. 141.Enzina, Juan, style of his writing,
iii. 17- Translation of one of his
songs, 18. .
Ercilia, don Alonzo de, iii. 103.