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          Brunetto Latini

          Brunetto Latini

          Florentine philosopher and statesman, born at Florence, c.

          Julia Bolton Holloway discusses his historical importance as a philosopher, diplomat, writer and mentor to Dante.

        1. Follow Brunetto Latini and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Brunetto Latini Author Page.
        2. Aquinas on Property and Theft.
        3. Dante's The Divine Comedy Lecture Geryon History.
        4. Brunetto Latini, Li Livres Dou Tresor, ed.

          5. 1210; the son of Buonaccorso Latini, died 1294.

          A notary by profession. Brunetto shared in the revolution of 1250, by which the Ghibelline power in Florence was overthrown, and a Guelph democratic government established In 1260, he was sent by the Commune as ambassador to Alfonso X of Castile, to implore his aid against King Manfred and the Ghibellines, and he has left us in his "Tesoretto", (II, 27-50), a dramatic account of how, on his return journey, he met a scholar from Bologna who told him that the Guelphs had been defeated at Montaperti and expelled from Florence.

          Brunetto took refuge at Paris, where a generous fellow- countryman enabled him to pursue his studies while carrying on his pro-fession of notary. To this unnamed friend he now dedicated his "Tresor". After the Guelph triumph of 1266 and the establishment of a new democratic constitution, Brunetto returned to Florence, wher