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Canto XVI of Dante’s Paradiso - commentary.

Heaven of Mars. Cacciaguida, Dante's ancestor. What caused Florence's moral decline?

00:00 Canto XVI - Overview
03:36 Poor Nobility
10:35 Dante's 4 questions
14:38 The Blind Bull
16:27 The Tuscan League
22:18 Buondelmonte

Soundtrack: Mars, from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite, being played by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.
youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q

Translations used for this video:
Allen Mandelbaum barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1139687804
Robert Hollander barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1140792727?ean=9781400031153
Robin Kirkpatrick barnesandnoble.com/w/the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri/1111306385?ean=9780143107194