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- noun Plural form of
Guelf .
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Waiblingens, who in Italy became known as Guelfs and
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Florence had been strangely peaceful in his childhood because the Guelfs were her unquestioned masters at the time.
Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead
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The saintly Italian was opposed to the warlike doctrines of St Dominic; he made peace very frequently between the two parties known as Guelfs and Ghibellines.
Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead
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The Guelfs were the papal party only in the sense that, like the Saxons, they were in opposition to the dynasty which occupied the German throne and claimed the imperial title.
The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 1907
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The papal or popular party, known as Guelfs, had as its purpose the independence of
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[T.S.]] [Footnote 4: The Guelfs were the Papal and popular party in Italy, and the Ghibellines were the imperial and aristocratic.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Jonathan Swift 1706
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Reading the Divine Comedy is not an easy undertaking -- keeping straight all the Ghibellines and Guelfs and people well-known back then but known today primarily because of Dante -- but the year I devoted to reading through it was some of the best time I ever spent.
My next 5 difficult books to read Jonathan Aquino 2009
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A couple of postings back, I said you should try to learn something about the Guelfs and Ghibellines.
Archive 2008-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008
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A couple of postings back, I said you should try to learn something about the Guelfs and Ghibellines.
More on Simon Lisa Hirsch 2008
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After Charles of Anjou, with the blessing of the Papacy and strong Guelf support, defeated Hohenstaufen armies at Benevento (1265/6) and Tagliacozzo (1268), the Guelfs became the dominant force in Florence.
Dante Alighieri Wetherbee, Winthrop 2006
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