Introduction by Archibald T. MacAllister.
"Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his entrance into the presence of God."
February 1862. With the Civil War less than one year old, President Lincoln{u2019}s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alon…
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill.…
"Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides a range of perspectives on what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the twelfth century. It explores and challenges accepted narratives about both the…
The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri
by Dante Alighieri, Moser, Barry, Mandelbaum, Allen
fromBantam classic
