As a public representative for the  White Guelphs, Dante frequently spoke out against  the pope’s power, until the Black Guelphs leveraged their position to exile him from Florence in 1302.
Kao javni predstavnik Bijelih gvelfa, Dante je redovito otvoreno govorio protiv papine moći, sve dok Crni gvelfi nisu stupili na vlast i protjerali ga iz Firence 1302.