Early fourteenth century Italy was a place of oppression among common people, political unrest and corruption within the church. This chaos was due to the constant battle between the state and papacy for sovereignty and formed the backdrop for Dante’s Inferno. The civil nightmare of Italy was a reality for the author, Dante Alighieri, which explains his use of political allegory in Inferno. He uses the text to voice his standing on the political situation in Italy and to make clear his knowledge of the corruption that was rampant at that time. Dante also takes out a vendetta against many of the political leaders who had caused his decline in society and finally his exile. He uses Inferno as a way of condemning the actions of these persons i
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