P5+Guelfs


 * Guelph **


 * A political party faction supporting The Pope and The Holy Roman Empire during the 12th and 13th century **


 *  Luke Kinnison: Historical **


 *  The Guelphs were people that supported the Pope and began their political party in the 1300’s. “The Guelphs became the upholders of papal supremacy, while the Ghibellines supported the political claims of German emperors and kings of Italy. Later, the Guelphs split into two factions: the Blacks (extreme Guelphs) and the Whites (moderate Guelphs). Ghibellines came to be regarded as the party of noblemen, Black Guelphs the faction of the upper middle class, and White Guelphs the faction of the lower middle class. The truth, however, was that all of those parties and factions steadily degenerated into gangs without any ideology who fought for the hegemonic ambitions of their own bosses to control local businesses and rackets.” Says  __Marco Picone-Chiodo,__  who wrote article about guelphs in the 14th century. Guelphs were a major political party in the 14th century and affected many people’s thoughts on the Pope. **


 * [|__http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/italy/politics/06964.htm__] **
 *  The Guelphs and the Ghibellines were two different political parties. One supported the Pope, and the other was an imperial group. Both of the political parties fought in France. Wikipedia says, “After the Guelphs finally defeated the Ghibellines in 1289 at [|Campaldino]  and [|Caprona] , Guelphs began to fight among themselves. By 1300 Florence was divided into the Black Guelphs and the White Guelphs. The Blacks continued to support the Papacy, while the Whites were opposed to Papal influence, specifically the influence of [|Pope Boniface VIII] . [|Dante]  was among the supporters of the White Guelphs, and in 1302 was exiled when the Black Guelphs took control of Florence. Those who were not connected to either side, or who had no connections to either Guelphs or Ghibellines, considered both factions unworthy of support but were still affected by the change of power in their respective cities.” Throughout this fight between Black Guelphs and White Guelphs, many people were on both sides were affected. People that had nothing to do with either parties couldn’t leave or do anything since they lived in a Guelph city. It also affected the people that followed Guelphs and just wanted to leave. They couldn’t because they also lived in a Guelph city. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Izaiah: Aim **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Dante Alighieri came from a Guelph family. The aim of the incorporation of Guelphs in the story is to reveal how Guelphs and Gilliphines were wrongdoers in the name of the Roman, church, therefore, they appear in numerous Cantos. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Audience- By Sam__ **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Guelphs were a type of political party, so as a political party they had to reach a certain audience so that they would gain popularity. As a Guelph the main belief was in the Pope and the Holy Roman Empire, they consisted of religious men and women. “The Guelphs were located in Italian-city-states”(1). The Guelphs would be trying to figure out a way to win over the Italian citizens. The Guelphs would be looking for people that believe in catholicism, because trying to convince a person of non-belief to support people that believe and encourage religious beliefs. To gain the Italian citizens support was very important for the Guelphs, because there was also another political party named the Ghibellines. “The Guelphs represented a more republican party, while the Ghibellines represented the old feudal aristocracy of Italy”(2). With these two political groups competing for popularity targeting the correct audience was very important. Audience targeting was one of the most important part of gaining support for their party. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> __(1)__ **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> __(2)__ **