Did you know that there’s survival cannibalism in Dante’s Divine Comedy? And it’s based on a true story? This week, we look at the infamous ‘Cannibal Count’, Ugolino della Gherardesca.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Alighieri, D. (1997). Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Hell. Translated by H.W. Longfellow. Urbana, IL: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1001/1001-h/1001-h.htm 
• Benigni, P. (2008). ‘Ugolino della Gherardesca: cronaca di una scoperta annunciata’, Archeologia Viva, 128, pp. 64-67. Available at: https://www.archeologiaviva.it/2976/ugolino-della-gherardesca-cronaca-di-una-scoperta-annunciata/ 
• Bentley, R. (1864). ‘Count Ugolino of Pisa’, in Bentley, R. (ed.) Bentley’s Miscellany. London: Chapman and Hall; v. 55, pp. 173-178.
• Casina Rosa, G. (2016). ‘Of starvation and cannibalism in Pisa’, At Home In Tuscany, 20 October. Available at: http://www.athomeintuscany.org/2016/10/20/starvation-cannibalism-pisa/ 
• Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2019). ‘Guelf and Ghibelline’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Guelf-and-Ghibelline 
• Herzman, R.B. (1980). ‘Cannibalism and Communion in Inferno XXXIII’, Dante Studies, 98, pp. 53-78. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40166287 

TRANSCRIPT

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