21 Facts About Nella Donati

Nella Donati was a medieval noblewoman from Florence, Italy.

Nella Donati is primarily known because of Dante Alighieri's treatment of her relationship to her husband, Forese Donati, in the Divine Comedy and in a series of poems Dante exchanged with Forese.

Nella Donati was married to Forese Donati and they had one daughter named Ghita.

Nella Donati is associated with the Ghibellines, according to Dante's writings.

Nella Donati represents her as a cold and harsh woman, no matter the weather.

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In Dante's sonnet, Nella Donati's mother is upset at his rash behavior and exclaims that Nella Donati could have been married off to a rivaling political faction.

Dante even mentions that the Nella Donati family was so notorious for stealing money that Florentines feared using money around them.

Nella Donati is mentioned after Dante learns that his gluttonous friend Forese has somehow advanced very far in Purgatory.

Nella Donati is the perfect representation of the widow that Dante imagines God desires, in her pure devotion to Him.

Nella Donati is not the defiant woman seen in tenzone, but instead a righteous woman of God, helping her husband reach salvation.

Nella Donati is the opposite of the distrustful wife who was represented in the tenzone.

Piccarda is so virtuous that she is explained to be in Heaven, which emphasizes the extent to which Nella Donati is complimented throughout Dante and Forese's conversation.

Nella Donati spends much of the canto praising Nella for her goodness and underscoring his love for her.

Nella Donati is a perfect widow to Forese: she cries for him, prays and is utterly devoted to him even after his death.

Nella Donati explicitly says that she is someone special and deserving of God's love, which she in turn receives for her good deeds.

Nella Donati is used as a mode for Dante to critique the morality of Florentine women.

Nella Donati is described as being "cold" and empty due to her husband's incompetence.

Nella Donati believes that Boccaccio drew from the description of Forese and Nella in Dante's tenzone to blame the Mazzeo for his inabilities as a husband.

Nella Donati almost ends up caught, but then successfully hides her infidelity from her family.

Nella Donati believes that by using Dante's work as a basis, Boccaccio expands on his feelings against the merchant class.

Nella Donati sees Machiavelli as rooting his play Mandragola on the commentary Boccaccio makes in the Decameron.