Using the textual details below from the inferno, connect the Medieval lords and there actions to the sin as it is described in The Inferno below.

Question

The lords: "In their life all you see here had such myopic minds they could not judge with moderation when it came to spending"

Answer 1

Let me see if I can take a stab at this if I understand your question correctly.

In Dante’s Inferno, there are nine “circles of hell.” Basically, sinners are categorized and punished based on the different sins committed in their time on earth. Those who cannot control their desires in one or more areas of their life are guilty of “Sins of Incontinence”. The Lords fit this description quite easily as “Greed” is one of the “Seven Deadly Sins”. We can also see this is evidenced in the provided passage, when it states the Lords have a “myopic”, or nearsighted view on life in regards to wealth, and that “they could not judge with moderation when it came to spending”. Lords are Lords for a reason, often at the expense of peasants in order to amass the most amount of wealth without regard for human suffering. As the Bible (which is very influential to Inferno) states, “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”