Cecco Angiolieri
Cecco Angiolieri [ ˈʧekko anʤoˈljɛri ] (* Siena around 1260 ; † there around 1312 ) was an Italian poet of the High Middle Ages and contemporary of Dante Alighieri .
Little is known about his life, and the few sources available make his life seem volatile and unconventional. However, recent reviews point out that Cecco was probably actually less rebellious than the romantics referring to him would have us believe.
Life
He was born around 1260 as the son of Angioliero and Lisa de 'Salimbeni. The father in turn came from Angioliero - called Solàfica - who was a banker for Pope Gregory IX for several years . been.
In 1281 he was under the Senes Guelphs at the siege of the Ghibelline citizens entrenched in the Castello di Torri di Maremma . According to tradition, he was prosecuted several times for leaving the battlefield without permission. Even from later times, there are always penalties for various violations. In 1288 he took part in the battles against Arezzo as a soldier with the allied Florentines . It seems possible that he met Dante in the process. The Sonnet 100 that is dated from 1289 to 1294, indicates at least that the two knowledgeable person. Around 1296 he had to leave Siena due to political entanglements. From sonnet 102 (1302-1303) it can be concluded that Cecco was in Rome at the time . It remains unclear whether the absence from Siena was uninterrupted from 1296 to 1303. The sonnet, however, testifies to the final break between Dante and Cecco. The corresponding answers on the part of Dante have been lost, so that the reasons for the deterioration of the presumably originally friendly relations cannot be understood.
We have the last documented testimony from his life in 1302, when Cecco sold a vineyard to a certain Neri Perini from Sant'Andrea for seven hundred lire out of need.
From a document dated February 25, 1313, it can be learned that his five underage children (one daughter was already married) waived the inheritance because it was too burdened with debts. It can therefore be assumed that Cecco Angiolieri died around the turn of the year 1312/1313.
plant
Around 150 sonnets are ascribed to Angiolieri. At around 20, the attribution is uncertain. Put in clear and realistic language, his poetry is disrespectful and acrid satire and exaggeration. The best-known sonnet S'i 'fosse foco, ardereï' l mondo ("If I were fire, I burned the world") is certainly exemplary in its provocative this-sidedness and its disregard for the conventions of the 14th century. It was set to music by Fabrizio De André .
literature
- Mario Marti: ANGIOLIERI, Cecco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 3: Ammirato – Arcoleo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1961.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Angiolieri, Cecco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1260 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siena |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1312 |
| Place of death | Siena |