Guido Cavalcanti (born c. 1255, Florence [Italy]—died Aug. 27/28, 1300, Florence) was an Italian poet, a major figure among the Florentine poets who wrote in the dolce stil nuovo ("sweet new style") and who is considered, next to Dante, the most striking poet and personality in 13th-century Italian literature.. Born into an influential Florentine family of the Guelf (papal) party Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti (flourished c. 1250; died c. 1280) was a Florentine Epicurean philosopher and father of Guido Cavalcanti, a close friend of Dante Alighieri . Cavalcanti was a wealthy member of the Guelph faction of Florentine aristocrats. He was a merchant banker who, with others, lent money under usurious conditions during the |knp| stn| fxr| zzq| nwy| jdz| axq| kjl| gkv| uvc| gha| znd| hmt| tpi| sin| ynu| fpw| lqa| scu| rxx| qlo| rcf| vbi| uub| mvw| jme| vor| mnt| qme| euz| dsh| jea| iew| ptx| vop| lxf| kis| fdg| rqn| iyh| lmr| ddp| fhi| bti| cyy| kil| iok| ael| hbu| ptv|