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| Guelfs and Ghibellines | |
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| (1215-1250) | |
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| Origin of the names | |
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| Distinguishing principles of the two parties in Italy | |
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| Introduction of the parties into Florence | |
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| The Ghibellines with the aid of Frederick II expel the Guelfs from Florence | |
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| Return of the Guelfs after the Emperor's death, and pacification between the two parties | |
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| (1251-1260) | |
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| Renewed hostilities | |
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| Adoption of distinctive banners by the two parties in Florence | |
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| The Ghibellines intrigue with Manfred and are forced to leave Florence | |
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| They retire to Siena and persuade Manfred to send them help | |
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| Great Ghibelline victory at Montaperti | |
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| (1261-1267) | |
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| Flight of the Guelfs from Florence | |
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| Farinata degli Uberti saves Florence from destruction | |
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| The Ghibellines supreme in Tuscany | |
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| Defeat of Manfred at Benevento by Charles of Anjou | |
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| Flight of Guido Novello and the Ghibelline allies from Florence | |
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| Guy de Montfort arrives in Florence as Charles's vicar | |
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| Guelf supremacy finally re-established | |
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| Dante in Florence | |
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| (1265-1290) | |
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| Dante's birth and ancestry | |
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| His father and mother | |
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| Cacciaguida | |
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| Geri del Bello | |
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| Beatrice Portinari | |
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| Episodes in the Vita Nuova | |
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| Folco Portinari | |
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| Death of Beatrice | |
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| Poetical correspondence with Cino da Pistoja, Guido Cavalcanti, and Forese Donati | |
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| (1289-1290) | |
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| Military service | |
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| War with Arezzo | |
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| Battle of Campaldino | |
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| Victory of Florentine Guelfs | |
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| Buonconte da Montefeltro | |
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| Siege of Caprona | |
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| "Quomodo sedet sola civitas!" | |
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| (1291-1300) | |
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| Early studies | |
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| Brunetto Latino | |
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| Classical acquirements | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Gemma Donati | |
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| Children | |
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| Public life | |
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| Embassy to San Gemignano | |
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| Priorate | |
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| (1300-1302) | |
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| Blacks and Whites in Pistoja | |
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| In Florence | |
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| Cerchi and Donati | |
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| May Day, 1300 | |
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| Dante in office | |
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| Embassy to Rome | |
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| Charles of Valois in Florence | |
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| Triumph of the Blacks | |
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| Condemnation and exile of Dante | |
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| His possessions and debts | |
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| Dante in Exile | |
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| (1302-1321) | |
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| Wanderings | |
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| Dante's fellow-exiles | |
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| Henry VII in Italy | |
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| His death | |
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| Fresh sentence against Dante | |
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| His retirement to Ravenna | |
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| Alleged visits to Mantua, Verona, and Piacenza | |
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| Reputed a sorcerer | |
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| Death and burial | |
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| His tomb and epitaphs | |
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| Elegies | |
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| Boccaccio's rebuke to the Florentines | |
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| Efforts of Florence to get possession of Dante's remains | |
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| Leo X grants permission for their removal | |
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| Disappearance of the remains | |
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| Their accidental discovery during the commemoration of the sixth centenary of Dante's birth | |
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| Public exhibition of them at Ravenna, and subsequent re-interment | |
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| Characteristics of Dante | |
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| Boccaccio's account of Dante's person and character | |
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| His love of fame | |
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| His failings | |
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| Account of him by his contemporary, Giovanni Villani | |
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| Portraits of Dante | |
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| The Giotto portrait in the Bargello | |
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| Norton's account of the Bargello portrait | |
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| Its disappearance and re-discovery | |
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| The death-mask | |
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| Its relation to the portrait | |
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| The Naples Bronze | |
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| Portrait by Taddeo Gaddi | |
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| The Riccardi portrait | |
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| The picture by Domenico di Michelino | |
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| Anecdotes of Dante | |
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| Dante and Can Grande della Scala | |
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| Belacqua and Dante | |
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| Sacchetti's stories | |
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| Dante and the blacksmith | |
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| Dante and the donkey-driver | |
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| Dante's creed | |
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| Dante and King Robert of Naples | |
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| Dante's reply to the bore | |
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| Dante and the Doge of Venice | |
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| Dante a kleptomaniac | |
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| Dante and Cecco d' Ascoli | |
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| Dante's Works | |
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| Italian Works | |
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| Lyrical Poems | |
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| The Vita Nuova | |
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| The Convivio | |
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| The Divina Commedia | |
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| Its origin, subject, and aim | |
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| Date of composition | |
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| Scheme of the poem | |
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| Boccaccio's story of the lost cantos | |
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| Why it was written in Italian | |
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| Dante and his rhymes | |
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| Manuscripts and printed editions | |
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| English editions and translations | |
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| Commentaries | |
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| Latin Works | |
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| The De Monarchia | |
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| The De Vulgari Eloquentia | |
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| The Letters | |
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| The Eclogues | |
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| The Quaestio de Aqua et Terra | |
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| Apocryphal Works | |
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| Genealogical Table of the Family of Dante | |
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| Letter of Frate Ilario to Uguccione della Faggiuola | |
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| Extracts from letters from Seymour Kirkup to Gabriele Rossetti concerning the discovery of the Giotto portrait of Dante in the Bargello, and Kirkup's drawing from it | |
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| Chronological List of early (cent. xiv-xvi) commentaries on the Divina Commedia, with titles of printed editions | |
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| Bibliographical Note of the Earliest Biographies and Biographical Notices of Dante | |
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| Index | |