¬The¬ tourist in Italy.- (¬The¬ landscape annual ; 1831)
Page 266 of 324
Author:
Roscoe, Thomas ; Prout, Samuel [Ill.] / by Thomas Roscoe. Ill. from drawings by S. Prout
Place:
London
Publisher:
Jennings and Chaplin
Physical description:
VI, 271 S. : Ill.
Language:
Englisch
Subject heading:
g.Italien;f.Führer
Location mark:
II 302.333
Intern ID:
499515
of Guido and Rinaldo da Polenta in seizing upon Ravenna, and murdering Rinaldo, who was then its archbishop. Hence Dante, although a Ghibelline, was well received by Guido da Polenta, whose hatred for the Malatestas found a kindred feeling in the breast of the poet, who never omits an occasion of brand ing them with infamy. Thus, he first speaks of the two Malatestas, il Vecchio and dall' Occhio, as ' two mastiffs eating Rimini' {Inf. xxvii. 46) 5 and then he records the treachery of that felon, ' who
sees but with one eye,' who murdered the two best persons of Fano {Inf. xxviii. 81). The poet's dislike for the Malatestas, who were Guelphs, and particularly for Malatestino dall' Occhio, is easily accounted for. Of this tyrant, a contemporary chronicler says, that he was ' bold, wise, and honest as ever man was. He had only one fault—he would neither see nor hear a Ghibelline 3 he persecuted them fiercely.' Dante, placed between his political principles and his gratitude for Guido, does not abuse