Was Dante a Guelph or a Ghibelline? In the late 13th century, two major parties controlled Florence: the Black Guelphs who were nominally aligned with the Pope, and the White Guelphs who supported independence for the city-state. When the Guelphs won the struggle for control of Florence (at the 1289 Battle of Campaldino, in which Dante fought), they broke into two further factions: the Whites and the Blacks. Dante became a White Guelph, siding with those who wanted less interference from the Pope in the temporal affairs of the city. The Guelphs supported the papacy, and the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; Dante was a Guelph. However, he was a white Guelph (as opposed to a black Guelph): his group were seen to be unfaithful to the papacy and therefore many of their important figures were exiled from Florence.
ellauri477.html on line 57: Gemini: "In democratic systems, people cannot be exiled or deported based on their bank accounts." Kun oikaisin tämän väärinkäsityxen Gemini koitti urputtaa että "ihmiset" tarkoittavat demokratialla "yleensä" jotain "liberaalia demokratiaa," johon kuuluu "ennen kaikkea" (sic) yxityisomaisuuden suoja! Voi helkkari, niin se oikeasti tuolla määritellään, se ei ollutkaan pelkkää vittuilua multa. Sitäpaizi eiköhän lompsa juuri ole peruste millä Trump nyt jahtaa paperittomia. Nojoo, sehän onkin republikaani eikä minkään maakunnan demokraatti.
ellauri477.html on line 315: Mainio vallankumous (the Glorious Revolution) was the deposition of King James II in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, James's nephew William III of Orange. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694, when William became ruler in his own right. Jacobitism, the political movement that aimed to restore the exiled James or his descendants of the House of Stuart to the throne, persisted into the late 18th century. Jakobiitteja ei pie sekottaa jakobiineihin jotka oli Robespierren aikaisia vasemmistoliberaaleja.
ellauri496.html on line 351: Ken Church looks pretty old by now in his LinkedIn. Wonder if anybody buys his gizmo. Here lies a misunderstood but vital part of human history which connects closely to The Bible. The spiritual guidance is excellent and it fills in some gaps in the naked arse of Noah. It verifies that a comet struck Earth in the Sahara and was responsible for Noah's dick hanging out in full view of Canaan who got exiled there as a punishment..
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