Dante And Purgatory

Dante Alighieri is an important representative of the Italian Renaissance. His historical image is positioned in the traditional academic circles as a great humanist, and was given a "revolutionary". Any historical figure, however, should not be a plane, only to study many aspects to restore the true history objectively. In this paper, we try to study Dante from other sides. By studying his masterpiece The Divine Comedy· Purgatory.Analyze Dante’s "Purgatory View" and "Purgatorial View", and find the inheritance of Dante for traditional Christian thought. And thus restore a Dante as a "Christian" instead of "humanist", to show that he "inherited" rather than "revolutionary" side.This paper is divided into five parts. The first part is an introduction, discusses the overview of the significance of the topic of this article and academic research on this question, and referenced in the literature Profile. The second section deals with the historical background of the Divine Comedy writing and profile of the author’s life. The third part of the exposition of Dante’s "Purgatory View" is divided into two sections. The first section covers theologians’research on the concept of "purgatory" before Dante wrote The Divine Comedy. Section Ⅱ is based on the Divine Comedy· Purgatory summarizes Dante’s "world view "and "Purgatory View". The Fourth part is about "Purgatorial View" of Dante. This chapter still includes two sections. The first one is about the ancient theologians’research on "Purgatorial". Section II is divided into two sub-sections:" the people in purgatory " and "the sin in purgatory". The fifth part is the conclusion. It involves a comprehensive look at Dante and his works. Once again emphasized the importance of objective and comprehensive study of the historical figures.The research significance of the title is divided into the following three aspects: First, by comparing Divine Comedy· Purgatory and theologians’research to explore Dante’s "Purgatory View" sources. Second, Study results of Dante’s "Purgatory View" can be different from the traditional image of Dante. Third, I hope this article can give inspired to the domestic medieval and Renaissance history scholars and contribute to the Study of World History.