Answer:
Dante believed that the church leaders should not be allowed to rule the city-states.
Explanation:
In Dante's "Divine Comedy", he mentioned Pope Boniface numerous times though not in a direct way. Pope Boniface and Dante had been enemies in real life, Boniface having used his power as the Pope in exiling Dante's white guelphs rulers. This aside from other issues made them enemies, which Dante used as a plot in his book.
Also, Dante thinks that the religious and political powers be separated. In those days, Popes have a lot of authority over the everything, be it religious or even political. Dante, on the other hand, believes that there is a need for the separate balance of power between the pope, the religious ruler and the emperor, the political ruler. He believed that the church leaders and the political leaders should be co-equals, and that church leaders should not be allowed to have full power over the city states. Contrary to this, Pope Boniface used his religious power to make even political decisions and get involved in it. This further led to the disagreement between the Pope and Dante.
