The Throne of the Emperor Henry in Dante's Paradise and the Mediaeval Conception of Christian Kingship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20290239 |
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| Authors | Theodore Silverstein (University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1939 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-129 |
| Publication date | 1939-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017816000022380 |
| OpenAlex | W2133755951 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Nowhere has Dante offered more ample evidence of his faith in the Roman imperium and admiration of the Emperor Henry VII than in a brief passage of six lines in the thirtieth canto of the Paradiso. There, beyond the limits of the corporeal spheres in the heaven which is pure light, surrounded by the saintly splendors of the City of God, Beatrice directs the poet's gaze to a vacant seat among the thrones of the blessed: E'n quel gran seggio a che tu li occhi tieni Per la corona che già v' è su posta, Prima che tu a queste nozze ceni Sederà l' alma (che fia giù agosta) De l' alto Arrigo, ch' a drizzare Italia Verrà in prima che ella sia disposta. (vv. 133–138) And the power of these lines is consolidated by contrast with the bitter condemnation of Pope Clement V, which directly follows them
Admiration · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Canto · Emperor · Heaven · Humanities · Literature · Panegyric · Paradise · Poetry · Theology · Throne · Early Modern Women Writers · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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