Why Dante is the last poet of the old century, the first poet of the new century

Alighelli Dante (Italian: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321) At the end of the 13th century, on the eve of the Italian Renaissance, Florence produced a great male poet, that is, Aligeli Dante (1265-1321), who was praised by Engels as "the last poet of the Middle Ages and the first poet of the new era". The Italian poet, the founder of the modern Italian language, and one of the pioneering figures of the European Renaissance, is famous for his long poem "The Divine Comedy".

Engels commented: "The end of the feudal Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern capitalist era were marked by a great man, the Italian Dante, who was the last poet of the Middle Ages and at the same time the first poet of the new era."

The reason why Dante is called "the first poet of the new period, the last poet of the old period": Dante lived in Italy in the 14th century (but Italy at that time was still a general concept, composed of many small states, principalities, candidate states and papal states, etc.), at that time it was still the Middle Ages (the so-called Middle Ages refers to Europe from the feudal society after the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the germination of capitalism), Italy because of its location in the Mediterranean Sea and convenient transportation, so the maritime economy is particularly developed, Thus the germ of capitalism was born, and the germination of capitalism was born, that is, the "Renaissance". Dante was the first writer to adopt Renaissance doctrine.

His "Divine Comedy" has a lot of humanist spirit, such as affirming people and human nature. However, due to the domination of theology for several centuries, theological concepts are still relatively deep-rooted, so there are many medieval theological elements in the "Divine Comedy", such as the use of theological mythological themes, the use of medieval theological writing methods, etc., you can go to the "Divine Comedy" to summarize it yourself. After him, the "Renaissance" movement flourished and spread to other European countries.

For this reason, Dante is considered the last writer of the Middle Ages and at the same time the first of the new period of the "Renaissance".

The content of Dante's works cannot be separated from the medieval cage, with more theological overtones, such as the Divine Comedy, which is old; However, Dante is in the new era of the Renaissance and the embryonic capitalism, and he himself is a representative of the bourgeoisie, so his works are inevitably stained with capitalism and are new.

Because he lived at the end of the old century, at the beginning of the new century.

Dante was the last poet of the Middle Ages and the first poet of the New Age, because he criticized feudal theology and pursued human nature.

Dante was a pioneer of the Renaissance, and his masterpiece is the Divine Comedy of the Blinders. The Divine Comedy attacked the various evils of the spiritual pillars of feudal society, condemned the corruption and greed of the ruling class, and advocated the pursuit of human nature. The Divine Comedy is considered a symbol of Europe's transition from the Middle Ages to modern times.

This is why Dante is called "the last poet of the old era, and at the same time the first poet of the new era".

Introduction:

Dante Alighieri (1265 – 14 September 1321) was an Italian medieval poet, the founder of the modern Italian language, and a pioneer of the European Renaissance. In Italy, he is known as Il Sommo Poeta (The Supreme Poet of the Feasting Potato) and Il Poeta, the father of the Italian language.

Dante is the greatest poet in Europe and one of the greatest writers in the whole world. Engels commented: "The end of the feudal Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern capitalist epoch were marked by a great man, the Italian but not rotten, who was the last poet of the Middle Ages and at the same time the first poet of the new era."