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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

George Corbett
George Corbett
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Dante's Christian Ethics
Purgatory and Its Moral Contexts
 , pp. 229 - 233
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Print publication year: 2020
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Index

Abbot of San Zeno, 145
Achan, 179–180
Acheron, 17, 27
Achilles, 164, 204
Adam, 93, 109, 118, 125, 128
Adrian V, pope, 58, 60, 82, 168, 173, 184–187, 190–191
Aeneas, 29, 55, 131, 146, 157, 204, 213
Agapetus, pope, 61
Alagia Fieschi, 184
Alan of Lille, 37, 76–77
Alighieri, Jacopo, 49
Alighieri, Pietro, 24, 27, 32, 49, 111, 125, 136–139, 212
Ananias, 179–180
anger, see wrath (ira)
Annunciation, 113–117, 127
Ante-Purgatory, 32–33, 56, 133, 162
Aquinas, Thomas, 40, 173
Commentary on Aristotle’s Ethics, 21n12, 28
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics, 23n18
On Kingship, 46n4
on nature and grace, 47
on ‘super-excellent’ virtue, 29n44
On Truth, 52
rationale for Purgatory, 74–75
rationale for the seven capital sins, 94–100
sins against the self, 22
theory of implicit faith, 52
Arachne, 128–130
Aristotle, 69, 119
as authority on ethics, 53–54, 71
Ethics, 20, 28–29, 54
Metaphysics, 54
Physics, 23, 54
Politics, 23, 27
astronomy, 37–39
Augustine, Saint
Against Julian the Defender of the Pelagian Heresy, 52
City of God, 31, 55, 91–92, 183
Confessions, 79, 187, 207
as Dante’s spiritual model, 161
On Christian Doctrine, 33, 92, 114n24, 116
on human love, 31, 91
Augustus, Roman Emperor, 55, 61, 202
autobiography (in the Commedia), 29, 117, 122–124, 134, 158–167, 176–178, 191–207, 209–214
avarice (avaritia), 10, 22, 60, 95, 98, 151
of the Church, 10, 40, 60, 82–83
cupidity for knowledge, 183–185
as Dante’s sin, 166–167, 176–177, 191–200
exempla of, 179–181
and Hell’s moral structure, 181–182
love of children, 169–172
opposing vice of prodigality, 143
in Peraldus, 91, 169–172, 178–179, 183–184
remedies against, 178–181
the shewolf of, 167n3, 181–183
as sin of the Capatian dynasty, 172
Avignon
Babylonian captivity, 60, 172
beatitudes, 34, 79, 84, 100
Beatrice, 36, 69, 113, 117, 134, 160, 204, 208, 211–213
Benedict, Saint, 61–62
Bertran de Born, 21
Bertrand du Pouget, 48
Bible
New Testament, 79–80, 88, 91, 142, 149, 162, 179–180, 183, 185
Old Testament, 83, 91, 144, 146, 179, 185, 204
blasphemy, 23
Boethius
Consolation of Philosophy, 153–156
Bonaventure, Saint, 19n5, 61, 196
Boniface VIII, pope, 29, 46, 58, 60, 60n53, 64
Briareus, 126
Brunetto Latini, 1, 24n20, 25, 35n53, 76, 195n67, 210n9
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 54
Buonconte da Montefeltro, 141
Cacciaguida, 2, 43, 61, 122, 175, 193, 198, 202, 209, 211
Cangrande della Scala, 64, 203
Casella, 214
Cassius, Gaius, 54
Cato of Utica, 55–56, 206
Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti, 19, 175
Celestine V, pope, 29, 58, 162
Charles Martel, 39
Charles of Anjou, 173, 186
Church, 68, 111, 174, 181, 209
art and architecture, 107–108
avarice of, 10, 40, 82–83
corruption of, 57–61, 191
poverty of, 47, 82, 209
reform of, 61–63
Ciacco, 22n16, 164
Cicero, 90
De officiis, 20, 180n30, 216
Cimabue, 112
Clare of Assisi, Saint, 39, 162
Clement V, pope, 58–59
Cleopatra, 55
Cocytus
the pit of, 17, 21, 27, 29, 127, 182
confession, 7, 10, 53, 76, 88, 102n59, 182n36
of Dante, 199, 207, 211–213
of Hugh Capet, 168–176
of proud souls, 117–122
Constantine, Emperor, 61, 174
contrapasso, 21, 33, 59, 180n30
Corpus Juris Civilis, 27
Corso Donati, 38
Council of Lyon, 74, 173
Crassus, 179
Cunizza d’Este, 39, 42
Curradino, 173
Cyrus, Emperor of Persia, 130
Dalila, 151
Dante Alighieri (works excluding the Commedia)
Convivio, 20n10, 21, 26n35, 29n43, 38, 47n8, 49–50, 53n33, 54, 82n50, 118–119, 131, 152n71, 166n1, 188n53, 190n56, 202n86, 207, 212n15
De vulgari eloquentia, 119n39, 164, 202
Eclogues, 46
Epistle to Cangrande, 1–2, 183n40, 203, 214, 222
Epistole, 59, 128n64, 178, 183n40, 202n86, 203
Monarchia, x, 7, 45–50, 54, 57, 62–64, 67–73, 84
Vita Nova, 164
David, Biblical King, 113–115, 120–122, 128–129, 131, 204
demography (of the Commedia), 50–51
Diana, 35, 129n68
Dido, widow of Sichaeus, 55
Diomedes, 55
Domenico di Michelino, 102
Domitian, Emperor, 188n51, 188, 193
Earthly Paradise, 33, 36–37, 39, 63, 68–85, 198, 211, 213
Electra, 43n70, 71
Elizabeth, wife of Zechariah, 142
Empire, Holy Roman, 32n50, 45, 48, 61–62, 68, 128n64, 131, 168, 172, 174, 205
manifesto for, 50–57
envy (invidia), 33, 80–82, 87, 151
in Aquinas, 95, 99
as Dante’s sin, 123, 209
in Hell, 19, 76
in Peraldus, 92–93
Epicureans, 20, 29–30, 175
Epicurus, 154n74
Eriphyle, 129–130
Evagrius Ponticus, 86
Eve, 93, 118
Fabricius, Roman consul, 177, 203
Farinata degli Uberti, 19, 30, 121
Florence, 2n4, 18n4, 24n22, 32n49, 43, 49n16, 54, 121, 123, 178, 180n30, 183, 187, 193, 198, 203, 209, 211
Folco of Marseilles, 61
Forese Donati, 38, 199–200
Francesca da Rimini, 22n15, 41, 152
Francis, Saint, 41, 62, 83, 167, 196–197, 209, 211
Franciscans, 59, 61, 108, 116n30
Franco Bolognese, 112
fraud, 15, 17, 21–27, 55, 94, 173, 180
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 118–119, 173
free will, 2, 28–29, 31, 38, 52n29, 155–156
Geryon, 17
Giles of Rome, 46
Giotto, 112
Giovanni del Virgilio, 45, 126n53
Giovanni Pisano, 112
gluttony (gula), 22, 31, 33, 83, 87, 151
in Aquinas, 87, 98
as Dante’s sin, 167, 209
in Peraldus, 91–92
Gregory the Great, Saint, 87, 130, 184
on amor filiorum, 169
composition of Regina coeli, 115–116
on King David’s humility, 114–115
salvation of Trajan, 115
seven daughters of avarice, 180n30
on zeal, 142n37
griffin, 70
Guido Cavalcanti, 120, 152, 175
Guido da Montefeltro, 141
Guido del Duca, 80
Guido Guinizelli, 120, 152
Guido Vernani
De reprobatione ‘Monarchiae’, 48, 61n54
Hector, 29
Helen of Troy, 55, 129
Heliodorus, 179–180
Hell
moral structure, 16, 18–30, 181–182
suffering of, 30–31
topography, 16–17
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 64
heresy, 29
accusation against Dante, 48–49, 55
Cathar, 61
of Justinian, 61
the sin of, 88
Holofernes, Assyrian general, 125, 130, 151
Homer, 194, 204, 214
Horace, 194, 202n86
Hugh Capet, 145, 168–169, 172–176, 191
humility, 34, 107, 110–117, 123
Iacopo Rusticucci, 25
implicit faith, 52, 57
Incarnation, 113–114, 127
Innocent III, pope, 186
Innocent IV, pope, 186
Jael, 151
James, Saint, 40
Jerusalem, 84, 130–131, 180
John Cassian, 87
John of Caulibus, 116n30
John of Freiburg, 90n13
John of Paris, 46
John of Salisbury, 115n27
John of Wales, 125n52
John the Baptist, Saint, 62
John the Evangelist, Saint, 40
John XXI, pope, 58
John XXII, pope, 48, 58–59, 62
Joshua, 180
Judas Iscariot, 54, 182
Judith, 130, 151
Julius Caesar, 35, 54–55, 142
Jupiter
sphere of, 40, 61, 115
Justinian, Emperor, 39, 61
Juvenal, 188, 192–193, 198n77, 200–203
Lateran Council, Fourth, 76, 88
Leah, 69
limbo, 29, 51–52
limbo of the virtuous pagans, 7, 27, 29, 43, 51, 54, 56–57, 67, 70–73, 85, 194–195, 205
liturgy, 34, 107
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 48, 64
love
adulterous, 22n15
of children, 170–172
courtly love, 41n64
and fraud (simple and treacherous), 20, 26
God’s love for creation, 78–79
the nature of, 151–157
sphere of (Venus), 39
vice as disordered love, 91–94
virtue as ordered love, 31–32
women’s disposition for, 42
Lucan, 127, 194
Lucia, 160
lust (luxuria), 21–22, 34–36, 42, 55, 151
in Aquinas, 87
as Dante’s sin, 167, 210
in Peraldus, 91–92
Malebolge, 21, 26–27
Manfred, 44
Marco Lombardo, 78, 156
Mark Anthony, 55
Mars
sphere of, 40
Martin IV, pope, 58
Mary, Virgin, 34–35, 80, 113–118, 126–128, 142, 176–177
Matelda, 36
Mercury
sphere of, 39–40, 61
Micòl, wife of King David, 114
Midas, 179–180
Minos, 17
Moon
sphere of, 39–40, 61, 133, 162
Nebuchadnezzar, 125
Nella Donati, 43, 199–200
neutrals (ignavi), 19, 27–30, 58
Nicholas, Saint, 177
Nicholas III, pope, 57, 62
Nicholas V, anti-pope, 48, 64
Nicola Pisano, 112
Nimrod, 125–126
Nïobe, 128–129
Oderisi da Gùbbio, 81, 112, 119–123
Omberto Aldobrandesco, 81, 117–119
Onias, 180
Ottobono dei Fieschi, see Adrian V, pope
Ovid, 129, 194
papacy, see Church
Paradise
hierarchy, 38
moral structure, 16–17, 38–40, 101
topography, 16, 37
Paris, son of Priam, 55
Pasiphaë, 35
Paul, Saint, 58n46, 213
penance, 33, 74–75, 77, 84, 101, 108–109, 111, 139, 162, 178, 184
Peraldus, William
on avarice, 169–172, 178–179, 183–184
comparison with Aquinas on the vices, 94–99
on composition of De vitiis et virtutibus, 89–91
illustration of Summa, 165
on pride, 110, 118, 120n40, 122, 125, 127n58, 128n64, 130n72
on prodigality, 197
rationale for the seven capital vices, 32, 91–94
on sins against nature, 24–26, 34
on sins of the tongue, 27n36, 200n82
on sloth, 133n2, 136–151, 159–160, 205
and structure of Commedia, 100–102
Peter, Saint, 40, 58, 60, 62, 111, 125, 180, 191
Peter Damian, Saint, 61, 206n4, 210n8
Peter Lombard, 30n47, 87, 98
Peter of Spain, see John XXI, pope
Petrarch, 176
Philip IV, French King, 60
philosophy, 47, 53, 57, 71, 89, 97, 161, 178, 212
Lady Philosophy, 156
Phlegethon, 17
Pia, 41
Piccarda Donati, 38–40, 44, 61, 185
Pier della Vigna, 181
pilgrim, 33, 42n65, 81–82, 84, 158n81
Pisa, 183, 209
Plato, 69
politics
Dante’s dualistic theory, 46, 68, 72–85
Polyclitus, 112
Polydorus, 181
Polymnestor, 179–181, 190n56
poverty
of Dante, 183n40, 200, 203
ecclesial, 47, 61–62, 82, 209
exempla of, 176
Franciscan, 59, 83, 177, 197, 211
Lady Poverty, 62, 209
of poets, 192–193, 202–203
as virtue opposed to avarice, 34, 82, 160, 189n55, 202n86, 203, 211
Priam, 181
pride (superbia), 9, 80–82, 151
ancestral, 81, 117–119
in Aquinas, 95–97
artistic, 81, 112–113, 119–121
as Dante’s sin, 122–124, 133, 209
exempla of, 124–131
in Hell, 19, 76
in Peraldus, 92–93, 110, 120n40, 125, 127n58, 128n64, 130n72
political, 81, 121
of religious, 91
as root sin, 33, 87, 98
of St Francis, 196n69
prodigality
as Dante’s sin, 167, 191–200, 210–211
as opposing vice of avarice, 143
in Peraldus, 197
of Statius, 163, 187–190, 194, 198n76, 209
of St Francis, 196–197
as symptom of pride, 197
Provenzan Salvani, 81, 121
Purgatory
doctrine of, 74–75
moral structure, 16, 31–32, 68–70, 151–152
and penance, 76–78, 84, 108–111, 117
suffering of, 30–31
topography, 16, 30, 73
pusillanimity, 27–30, 96
of Dante, 161, 165
Pygmalion, 179
Rachel, 69
Rehoboam, 125, 128–129
Ripheus, 55–57, 61
Rome, 50, 54–55, 60, 114n23, 115n27, 146, 192, 198, 200, 204
Saffira, 179–180
Saladin, 55
Samson, 151
Sapia, 41, 81
Satan (Lucifer), 16, 28, 54, 125–127, 162
satire, 64, 173
Juvenal’s satires, 192–193, 198n77, 200–203
Saturn
sphere of, 40, 61
Saul, 125, 128–130
Sennacherib, King of Assyria, 125, 130–131
sin, 74
confession of, 76–77
difference from vice, 30
as disordered love, 91–94
mortal and venial, 74–75
organisation of in Hell, 16, 18–30
original sin, 51–52, 61n54
Sinon, 55
Siren, 60, 151–158, 191, 211–213
Sisara, 151
sloth (acedia), 9, 32, 60, 87, 151
in Aquinas, 95, 98–99
in Commedia’s moral structure, 133–134, 162
and contemplatives, 147–153
as Dante’s sin, 134, 158–165, 204–205, 210–211
in Hell, 19
opposing vice of indiscreet fervour, 143
in Peraldus, 92–94, 133n2, 136–139, 159–160
remedy against, 160
and sleep, 150–151
of Statius, 134, 162–165
of St Francis, 196n69
sub-vices, 137
as tepidity, 137–139, 147
and time, 139–144, 147, 149–150
sodomy, 24–26, 27n38, 34–36
Solomon, King, 175
Statius, 190–191
Achilleid, 164, 191n59, 211
as closet Christian, 191
as a figura Christi, 182
love for Virgil, 197–198
as poetic cypher, 209–211
prodigality of, 167, 185–190
sloth of, 134, 162–165
Thebaid, 17, 127, 163, 182
Styx, 17
Sun
sphere of, 40, 61
Thebes, 129–130, 162–164, 182
Theseus, 163
Thomas of Celano, 196
Tiber, river, 33
Trajan, Roman Emperor, 55, 61, 109, 113–115, 121, 129–131
treachery, 20, 27
Troy, 55, 71, 126, 129, 131, 204
Ulysses, 55, 213–214
usury, 23, 27n38
of Dante’s father, 176n21
Venus
sphere of, 39–40
vices, seven capital, 32, 76–77
Aquinas’s rationale, 94–100
concatenation, 33–34, 86–87
in confession, 76–77
Peraldus’s rationale, 91–94
and Purgatory’s structure, 32–33, 77
St Gregory’s ordering of, 87
and Upper Hell, 19–20, 21n11
Virgil
Aeneid, 17, 20n9, 53, 71, 127, 163, 172n15, 181, 189, 191, 202, 204
Eclogue, 36, 163
as guide, 18–37, 63, 68–69, 78, 123, 139–144, 148–158, 160, 181, 190–191, 194–195, 197–198, 204, 208, 214
representation of, 52–54, 56, 184, 202
virtues
cardinal, 17, 33, 36, 39–40, 43, 69, 87, 99–101, 206, 208
remedial, 34, 76–77, 88, 101
super-excellent, 29–30
theological, 17, 33, 36, 39–40, 87, 99–101, 208
virtuous pagans, 19, 27, 29–30, 43, 51, 54–57, 73–85, 120, 143n38, 202, 205
women (in the Commedia), 40–43
wrath (ira), 33, 87, 151
in Aquinas, 97–99
as Dante’s sin, 209–210
in Hell, 17, 19, 22, 76
in Peraldus, 32, 92–93
zeal, 34, 97, 141–144, 146–150, 210n8

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