Dante wrote his poem The Divine Comedy (c. 1308β21) in Italian rather than Latin to reach a wider audience. His decision had a revolutionary impact on Western literature, not only influencing the development of the Italian language but also making it the primary literary language in Western Europe for centuries.
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