<P> He took part in several attempts by the White Guelphs to regain power , but these failed due to treachery . Dante , bitter at the treatment he received from his enemies , also grew disgusted with the infighting and ineffectiveness of his erstwhile allies and vowed to become a party of one . He went to Verona as a guest of Bartolomeo I della Scala , then moved to Sarzana in Liguria . Later he is supposed to have lived in Lucca with a woman called Gentucca , who made his stay comfortable ( and was later gratefully mentioned in Purgatorio , XXIV , 37 ) . Some speculative sources claim he visited Paris between 1308 and 1310 , and other sources even less trustworthy took him to Oxford : these claims , first occurring in Boccaccio 's book on Dante several decades after his death , seem inspired by readers who were impressed with the poet 's wide learning and erudition . Evidently , Dante 's command of philosophy and his literary interests deepened in exile and when he was no longer busy with the day - to - day business of Florentine domestic politics , and this is evidenced in his prose writings in this period , but there is no real evidence that he ever left Italy . Dante 's Immensa Dei dilectione testante to Henry VII of Luxembourg confirms his residence `` beneath the springs of Arno , near Tuscany '' in March 1311 . </P>
<P> He took part in several attempts by the White Guelphs to regain power , but these failed due to treachery . Dante , bitter at the treatment he received from his enemies , also grew disgusted with the infighting and ineffectiveness of his erstwhile allies and vowed to become a party of one . He went to Verona as a guest of Bartolomeo I della Scala , then moved to Sarzana in Liguria . Later he is supposed to have lived in Lucca with a woman called Gentucca , who made his stay comfortable ( and was later gratefully mentioned in Purgatorio , XXIV , 37 ) . Some speculative sources claim he visited Paris between 1308 and 1310 , and other sources even less trustworthy took him to Oxford : these claims , first occurring in Boccaccio 's book on Dante several decades after his death , seem inspired by readers who were impressed with the poet 's wide learning and erudition . Evidently , Dante 's command of philosophy and his literary interests deepened in exile and when he was no longer busy with the day - to - day business of Florentine domestic politics , and this is evidenced in his prose writings in this period , but there is no real evidence that he ever left Italy . Dante 's Immensa Dei dilectione testante to Henry VII of Luxembourg confirms his residence `` beneath the springs of Arno , near Tuscany '' in March 1311 . </P>
where did dante live after he was exiled
where did dante live after he was exiled
beneath the springs of Arno , near Tuscany
beneath the springs of Arno , near Tuscany