This is a website created for the purpose of storing the EOY humanities project to create a Synthesis/DBQ essay.
Prompt:
Using the following documents, examine factors of Italy’s social atmosphere
which influenced Dante Allighieri’s depiction of hell in The Inferno during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Thesis:
The 13th and 14th century social atmosphere of Italy drove Dante’s thought
process and caused him to condemn those he saw as iniquitous to hell,
the corruption of the church, the greed of society, and lack of continuity in Italy
placed Dante at odds with the world around him.