Verona in the Middle Ages

The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 489 to 1345. The most recorded lives are Dante Alighieri, Charlemagne and Petrarch.

Notable people

1. Charlemagne

   in 774

   1 moment here

   Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…

2. Dante Alighieri

   from 1303 to 1312

   2 moments here

   Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…

3. Odoacer

   in 489

   1 moment here

   Odoacer (c. 433–15 March 493) was a Roman military officer and ruler of Italy from 476 until his killing by Theodoric at Ravenna.…

4. Petrarch

   in 1345

   1 moment here

   Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…

Moments

1. 489 Fortified camp outside Verona Odoacer
2. 774 Captured Verona Charlemagne
3. 1303 Guest of Bartolomeo della Scala in Verona Dante Alighieri
4. 1312 Returned to Verona under Cangrande Dante Alighieri
5. 1345 Stay at Verona Petrarch

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