How Dante & the Tuscan Vernacular Gave Birth to the Italian Language
Dante’s decision to write his 14th-century "The Divine Comedy" in Florentine vernacular, not in Latin, shaped the Italian language spoken by 60 million people today.
by Maria-Anita Ronchini
https://www.thecollector.com/dante-tuscan-vernacular-italian-language/
Books by Dante Alighieri at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507
