Dante in a Year

In which we meet the soul of Charles Martel.

In which Beatrice describes the perfect justice of the Crucifixion.

In which Justinian recounts the course of the imperial eagle.

In which Beatrice discusses whether or not anything else can be offered in place of a broken bow.

In which Beatrice explains failure in vows.

In which Dante meets Piccarda and Constance.

In which Dante and Beatrice discuss the composition of the Moon.

In which Beatrice gazes at the Sun and explains to Dante that to soar Heavenward is simply to fulfill the instinct of his nature.

The end of Purgatorio! In which Dante drinks the waters of Eunoe and prepares to ascend with Beatrice to the stars.

In which the desolation of the tree of knowledge proceeds to the defilement of the whore and the angry transports of her consort.

In which Dante seeks to explain himself to Beatrice.

In which Dante passes through the fire, spends the night on the final stair to the summit of the mountain, and dreams of Leah garlanding herself in flowers.

In which the lustful purge their sin in the flames of love.

In which Dante, Vergil, and Statius ponder the origin of souls and wonder at lust's refining fire.

In which the sin of gluttony is purged beneath a scion of the tree of knowledge.

In which Dante and Forese discourse concerning gluttony.

In which Vergil and Statius discuss the latter's conversion and the finer points of the poetic arts.

In which Dante and Vergil meet the shade of Statius.

In which Dante and Vergil hear examples of greed and listen as all the mountain rejoices at the liberation of a soul to Heaven.

In which Dante and Vergil ascend to the terrace of avarice.

In which Dante and Vergil discuss the soul's loves and watch as penitent spirits purge acedia.

In which Dante and Vergil escape the fog and climb to the next cornice.

We've reached the halfway mark, where the wrathful purge their sin in the fog.