Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party
Dante stood with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure. The instrument is that factional alignment, not a later party brand. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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Dante stood with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure. The instrument is that factional alignment, not a later party brand. Dante Alighieri's documented role is: He is identified with the Whites. Corso Donati and Boniface VIII are counterparts. He did not command a modern party.
Context
Corso Donati is a named Black counterpart. Sharing that factional city is required. The setting of Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party is the public file around 1301-01-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Worsening path from Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party on 1301-01-01. A named faction alignment that ends in exile is a polarisation path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Dante Alighieri
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.44 · verified
He is identified with the Whites. Corso Donati and Boniface VIII are counterparts. He did not command a modern party.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactDante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party
- strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
- weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1301 · verified
A named faction alignment that ends in exile is a polarisation path.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Dante, life and politics neighbourhoodStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Dante Alighieri, Florentine political careerEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Britannica — Dante, White Guelph neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Dante, Florentine factions at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — Dante, White Guelph neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Dante, Florentine factions (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Established: a sourced public record of Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party under 1301-01-01 for Dante Alighieri. Established: a sourced public record of Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party under 1301-01-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party. Naming Dante Alighieri does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1301-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorDante Alighieri
- contributed toFactDante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party
- strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
- weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). Dante stands with the White Guelphs against Black Guelphs and papal-French pressure, a factional alignment not a later party. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dan-white-guelph
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