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.

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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.

Dante Alighieri memberOf White Guelphs
Duchy of Ferrara allegiance White Guelphs
this entity surface form: Guelph faction
Italian campaigns of Henry VII hasParticipant White Guelphs
this entity surface form: Guelph faction