# divine comedy (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover divine comedy. Page: Feed: --- ## [Classical Music History Post 08: Sing a Merry Madrigal](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/classical-music-history-post-08-sing) _2026-08-16 · the little seamstress · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Classical Music History Series—Byrd, Morley, and Wilbye in England ## [The Greek Tragedies: Diary of an Obsession (Part One)](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/the-greek-tragedies-diary-of-an-obsession) _2026-08-11 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ A Journey into the Heart of Madness ## [Twelve Books to Read if You Like Greek & Roman Mythology](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/twelve-books-to-read-if-you-like) _2026-08-10 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Exploring the Literary Roots of Western Civilisation ## [Dispatches from Dickens No. 13: Dickens from January-June, 1841](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-dickens-no-13-dickens) _2026-08-09 · the little seamstress · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Or, Dickens’s Letters as he completes The Old Curiosity Shop and FINALLY Begins Barnaby Rudge ## [Biblioll College's Monthly Miscellany No. 17](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/biblioll-colleges-monthly-miscellany-c23) _2026-08-02 · Biblioll College · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Notes and highlights from July 2026 - and Happy Birthday, Herman Melville! ## [God Bless Billy Budd](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/god-bless-billy-budd) _2026-07-31 · the little seamstress · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Reflections on Melville's nearly-lost masterpiece ## [The Knight, Death, and the Devil, up close and personal](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/the-knight-death-and-the-devil-up) _2026-07-30 · Dana Rail · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ The privilege of experiencing a great work of art at close range. ## [My Ten Favorite Books of the First Half of 2026](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/my-ten-favorite-books-of-the-first) _2026-07-29 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Behold! Another Stellar Year of Reading Is Afoot ## [What We Lose When We Lose Literacy](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/what-we-lose-when-we-lose-literacy) _2026-07-14 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ The Road to Civilisational Ruin ## [The Eleven Best Translations of The Divine Comedy in English (and One to Avoid)](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/the-eleven-best-translations-of-the) _2026-07-08 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ A Celebration of Literature's Greatest Poem ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TMq3ghQbOtue) _2026-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Biblioll College’s Monthly Miscellany No. 16](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/biblioll-colleges-monthly-miscellany-a83) _2026-07-06 · the little seamstress · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Notes and highlights from June 2026 ## [Scotus, “the rarest-veined unraveller”](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/scotus-the-rarest-veined-unraveller) _2026-07-04 · Daniel Murphy · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ An Intriguing Journey with Gerard Manley Hopkins ## [Into the Wardrobe: The Folk- and Fairy-Tale Collections You Must Read](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/into-the-wardrobe-the-folk-and-fairy) _2026-07-02 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy-tales again." ## [My Fifteen Favorite Audiobook Narrators](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/my-fifteen-favorite-audiobook-narrators) _2026-06-28 · the little seamstress · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ A Celebration of Audiobooks ## [The Anglo-Saxon Saint Who Fled to the Fens to Preserve Her Chastity](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/the-anglo-saxon-saint-who-fled-to) _2026-06-24 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Remembering St Etheldreda on Her Feast Day ## [The Iconic Victorian Poem That Haunted Me as a Child](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/the-iconic-victorian-poem-that-haunted) _2026-06-22 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ "We are no other than a moving-row / Of magic shadow-shapes that come and go" ## [A Syllabus for my 2026 Oxford Project](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/a-syllabus-for-my-2026-oxford-project) _2026-06-14 · Dana Rail · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Pulling on the threads that connect such Oxford luminaries as Newman, Ruskin, Morris, and Tolkien. ## [The Art of the Divine Comedy, Our Most Visual Poem](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-divine-comedy-our) _2026-06-05 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Seven Hundred Years of Dante in Painting & Manuscript ## [Biblioll College's Monthly Miscellany No. 15](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/biblioll-colleges-monthly-miscellany-b94) _2026-06-03 · Biblioll College · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ Notes and highlights from May 2026 ## [In Praise of Malcolm Guite's Galahad & the Grail](https://bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-malcolm-guites-galahad) _2026-06-02 · Boze · Dispatches from Biblioll College_ My Latest Essay for Plough ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fThmT0xchZJ2) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Game Theory #29: Final Examination](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-29-final-examination/) _2026-05-28 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ Geopolitics and the Decline of America On the State of US Geopolitics Carina: Based on your lectures, it seems the US is pretty screwed. They need other countries to buy US Treasuries. Israel's not loyal — Israel probably wants to work with other countries to establish their own ## [Great Books #12: Dante in Paradise](https://predictivehistory.com/great-books-12-dante-in-paradise/) _2026-05-27 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ To understand the Divine Comedy , it is very important to put it in the context of the other great books. In human history, there have been three great poets. The first is Homer . The second is Virgil. The third is Dante. Homer gave us the Iliad and the Odyssey . By ## [Game Theory #28: Predictive History](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-28-predictive-history/) _2026-05-26 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ The main driving question is: why did the United States attack Iran? This is the central mystery of the world today, because even now Donald Trump has yet to articulate a reason for attacking Iran. And unless we can properly understand or diagnose the rationale for this war, it' ## [Great Books #11: Dante's Revolution](https://predictivehistory.com/great-books-11-dantes-revolution/) _2026-05-22 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ The Divine Comedy is the most influential work of literature in European history. Why? Because Dante's Comedy will give rise to the Protestant Reformation , as well as the Scientific Revolution , the Enlightenment, the Renaissance — basically modernity itself. The question is, how did Dante accomplish this? He accomplished ## [Game Theory #27: Putin Enters the Chat](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-27-putin-enters-the-chat/) _2026-05-21 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ President Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday evening. He had a full day of meetings yesterday and left last night. They went to a conference hall where they unveiled a photo of the two being very close. President Putin and President Xi are very good friends. This is Putin' ## [Game Theory #26: The Holy Empire of AI](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-26-the-holy-empire-of-ai/) _2026-05-19 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ We will connect secret societies, eschatology , and secret history with game theory to show how the world works. First, let's go over some popular conspiracy theories about how the world works. There are different variations, so I'll just go over a very simplified, clear version. We ## [Game Theory #25: Trump Visits China](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-25-trump-visits-china/) _2026-05-14 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ Trump is in China. He came in last night, and this morning he met with President Xi at the Great Hall of the People.He brought his entire cabinet, including Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, as well as Pete Hegseth, who is the Secretary of War. The last time ## [Game Theory #24: The AI Apocalypse](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-24-the-ai-apocalypse/) _2026-05-12 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ After I posted my thoughts from last Thursday, my friend and teacher David Bromwich sent me an email. I asked for his permission to make it public, and he agreed. Today, we're going to read his email together. He said: I just watched your video. There's ## [Game Theory #23: The WWIII Chessboard](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-23-the-wwiii-chessboard/) _2026-05-07 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ This is an introduction to the chessboard, the players, and how the game of World War III will be played over the next 5 to 10 years. The two major players are the United States and Russia. Right now, they are fighting a proxy war in the Middle East between ## [Great Books #10: Dante's Hierarchy of Hell](https://predictivehistory.com/great-books-10-dantes-hierarchy-of-hell/) _2026-04-29 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ We finished Dante's Inferno today. I'm going to give you an overview of how Dante constructs Hell and explain his reasoning for the structure. First, I will explain Dante's cosmology—how he understands God and our relationship with God. Dante's Cosmology: ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bA1oHyocBcR2) _2026-04-29 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Game Theory #22: Twilight of the Nation-State](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-22-twilight-of-the-nation-state/) _2026-04-28 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ There is a ceasefire now between Iran and the United States, but most analysts expect that this war will resume in a week, two weeks, or a month. It will resume because it is impossible for the United States and Iran to come to a mutually beneficial and satisfying arrangement. ## [Game Theory #21: World War Trump](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-21-world-war-trump/) _2026-04-21 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ There has been a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States, which is supposed to end tomorrow. Right now, the Americans have gone to Islamabad to negotiate a possible peace treaty. The Iranians may or may not go; we don't know yet. It is entirely possible ## [Game Theory #20: Mid-Term Examination](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-20-mid-term-examination/) _2026-04-09 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ Today is our midterm examination—a chance for you to question and examine me. Before we look at the questions, I want to briefly discuss the ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Yesterday, Donald Trump announced that there will be a two-week pause to this war and ## [Great Books #9: Dante](https://predictivehistory.com/great-books-9-dante/) _2026-04-08 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ The Divine Comedy is the greatest literary masterpiece in human history. When Dante wrote it in about 1300, he called it La Commedia . The reason why is that at this time in history, epic poetry was considered "high," or tragic, and it was usually written in Latin. But ## [Game Theory #19: The Hollywood-Pentagon Complex](https://predictivehistory.com/game-theory-19-the-hollywood-pentagon-complex/) _2026-04-07 · Predictive History · Predictive History_ This weekend, we have reached a turning point in the war. It is possible that in a few hours or by tomorrow, we will reach the point of no return. Donald Trump has threatened the Iranians, saying that on Tuesday, if the Iranians still refuse to open the Strait of