This book proposes a new approach to invective and comic poetry in the Middle Ages and opens the way for an innovative understanding of Dante's masterpiece. It also unveils new biographical data from Italian state archives (published in English for the very first time) about important poets from medieval Italy.

Nicolino Applauso is visiting assistant professor of Italian at Loyola University Maryland.

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Chapter 7: Conclusion