Charles of Valois enters Florence
November 1301
Invited by Boniface VIII as peacemaker, Charles disarmed the White Guelphs and let the Blacks loose on their rivals. Dante Alighieri, away on embassy to Rome, was condemned in absentia to exile and death by fire. The poet would never see Florence again, but exile would give Europe the Commedia and Italian literature its founding masterpiece.
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Also in 1301 (3 other events on record)
- Delhi Sultanate conquers Ranthambore · South Asia · War
- Temür Öljeytü Khan ascends the Yuan throne · East Asia · Politics
- Andrew III of Hungary dies, Arpad line extinguished · Europe · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.