When was The Divine Comedy written?

The Italian poet Dante Alighieri wrote his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, circa 1308–1321.123

Dante began working on this long narrative poem during his years of exile from his home city of Florence, and the work reflects the personal crisis caused by his banishment. The poem is divided into three sections—Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—and is widely considered one of the greatest works of literature in history.4213