FLORENCE: Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” considered one of the world’s greatest literary works, came to light after a miscarriage of justice which Italian legal experts now want to correct — some seven centuries on.
The man whom Italians call the “Supreme Poet” was exiled from his native Florence in January 1302, after finding himself on the losing side of a feud between the city’s “White” and “Black” political factions.
“Our objective is to assess, in the light of new evidence that may emerge, if these (three) verdicts (against Dante) could be the subject of a retrial, or ideally be quashed,” criminal lawyer Alessandro Traversi told AFP.
To do that, Traversi has invited…