The poem L'Acerba together with Dante's Commedia is the best-known work of the Middle Ages. However, unlike Dante's work, it has had very contrasting and controversial opinions. There were those who praised it, recognizing in it the precursor seeds of scientific disciplines, which then had their full development in the modern era, and those who outraged it by even condemning it to the stake together with its author. This is the edition that was read in its entirety on 27 April in Piazza del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno as part of the events Ascoli celebrates Cecco for the 750th anniversary of the birth of the illustrious fellow citizen. Francesco Stabili - Cecco d’Ascoli was convicted of heresy and burned alive in Florence on 16 September 1327. - [Publisher]

Language: Italian

ISBN: 978-88-942631-2-1