Klítia Loureiro and Ziza Scaramussa

The simbolical representations of the Devil in Ramon Llull and Dante Alighieri (13th & 14th centuries)

O Diabo e suas representações simbólicas em Ramon Llull e Dante Alighieri (séculos XIII e XIV)

Published in Expressing the Divine: Language, Art and Mysticism

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This article intents to recover the fundamentals elements of the conception of Devil and Hell in the medieval culture, particulary in the 13th and 14th century. We have analized the vision of the Devil and Hell discrived by Ramon Llull (1232-1316) in no Livro das Maravilhas (1288-1289), Doutrina para Crianças (1274-1276) and Livro dos Anjos (1274?-1283?), briefly comparing his conception with Dante Alighieri and his Divina Comédia (1307-1321).