White Guelphs
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The White Guelphs were a political faction in medieval Florence that opposed papal interference in civic affairs and with which Dante Alighieri was aligned.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guelph faction | 2 |
| White Guelphs canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Florentine political faction
ⓘ
medieval political faction ⓘ political faction ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 14th century
ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dante Alighieri’s political alignment ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
1301–1302 political crisis in Florence
ⓘ
exile of Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| broaderConflict | struggle between papal and imperial influence in Italy ⓘ |
| conflict |
Guelph–Ghibelline conflict (Florentine phase)
ⓘ
factional struggles in Florence ⓘ |
| consequenceOfDefeat |
Black Guelph dominance in Florence
ⓘ
exile of leading members ⓘ |
| country | Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Italian ⓘ |
| governmentalContext |
Comune di Firenze
ⓘ
surface form:
commune of Florence
|
| historicalOutcome | defeat by Black Guelphs ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Tuscany ⓘ |
| ideology | pro-imperial tendency ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| location | Florence ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Dante Alighieri
ⓘ
Vieri de’ Cerchi ⓘ |
| opposedInterventionBy |
Pope Boniface VIII in Florentine affairs
ⓘ
papacy ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Black Guelphs
ⓘ
Pope Boniface VIII ⓘ papal interference in civic affairs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guelf
ⓘ
surface form:
Guelphs
|
| politicalPosition | anti-papal-intervention in Florentine politics ⓘ |
| religiousAlignment | nominally pro-papal ⓘ |
| rivalFaction | Black Guelphs ⓘ |
| splitFrom | unified Guelph party in Florence ⓘ |
| supported |
communal autonomy of Florence
ⓘ
independence of civic government from the papacy ⓘ |
| timeOfDefeat | early 14th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guelph faction
this entity surface form:
Guelph faction