The reference is opaque, but the animosity is as transparent as a pane of glass. Dante so despised Pope Boniface VIII that he placed him in the eighth circle of Hell, reserved for those seduced by ...

Not everyone in the 14th century was charmed by the poem’s novelty or by Dante’s creative use of tradition in its three-part journey through hell (“Inferno”), purgatory (“Purgatorio”) and heaven ...

In the Divine Comedy, Dante goes down the circles of Hell meeting the world’s most illustrious sinners. 700 years after his death, this series explores the contemporary meaning of the seven ...