It was a foreigner, German Emperor Frederick II, who launched the movement for a national language at his court in Palermo, but Florentine-born Dante Alighieri (1265 1321) provided the ardor, moral leadership, and literary example to bring it to fruition.
The German Emperor pushed to have German become the national language.
mnli hypothesis: The German Emperor pushed to have German become the national language. premise: It was a foreigner, German Emperor Frederick II, who launched the movement for a national language at his court in Palermo, but Florentine-born Dante Alighieri (1265 1321) provided the ardor, moral leadership, and literary example to bring it to fruition.