Guy de Montfort and Dante's Inferno

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​When your grandfather was a leading crusader and your father was a famous rebel, what is left for you to do? For Guy de Montfort the answer was to earn a spot in one of the circles of hell imagined by Dante in his Inferno. Find out how this medieval man came to such a fate in this episode.

​Podcaster: Christine

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Further Reading

J.R. Madicott, “Montfort, Guy de (c. 1244-1291/2)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, (2004; online edn, Oct 2006). 

----, “Montfort, Sir Simon de, the younger (1240-1271)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, (2004; online edn, Oct 2006). 

----, Simon de Montfort, Cambridge University Press, (1994).

F.M. Powicke, “Presidential Address: Guy de Montfort (1265-71)”, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 18 (1935): pp. 1-23.

Jeremy Tambling, “Monstrous Tyranny, Men of Blood: Dante and “Inferno” XII”, The Modern Language Review, 98:4 (October 2003): pp. 881-897.

​Canto XII, in Dante's Inferno, at The World of Dante.
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​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)

Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England, (14th Century), via British Library

This image shows the relationships of the episode's main players, descending from King John (top). 
Middle Row: John's children. L to R: Henry III (first), Richard of Cornwall (second), and Eleanor de Montfort (fourth). 
Bottom Row: Richard and Eleanor's respective children. L to R: Henry Almain (first), Simon de Montfort (fourth) and Guy de Montfort (sixth).

The Nine Circles of Hell, as depicted in "The Epic of the Fall of Man; a Comparative Study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton" (c. 1896)