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 | | In fact, on October 4, Charles of Valois, brother of the French king, Philip IV the Fair, in concert with the Pope, arrived at Castel della Pieve, the Black Guelfs' headquarters on the boundary of Florence. |
 | | Dante was among the first and most severely stricken, being condemned for barratry (poor administration of the public funds) on January 27, 1302, and sentenced to pay 5,000 small florins, an enormous sum in those days, within three days and to remain outside Tuscany for two years. |
 | | With his colleagues, Dante was also accused of opposing the Pope and Charles of Valois, as well as of having favoured the scission of parties in Pistoia that had damaged the Blacks. |
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