A participle is a term for a non-finite verb form, which can have different functions within a sentence. As there are two types of participles: <em>present participles</em> (which end in -ing) and<em> past participles</em> (-ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n), "dressed" is a past participle. It acts as an adjective in this sentence, as it describes and provides certain information about the noun "bride."
To show the audience that he believed that Boniface deserved to be in Hell as well" In Canto XIX of the Inferno, Pope Nicholas III mistakes Dante for Pope Boniface VIII. Most likely the author's purpose in this scene is to show the audience that he believed that Boniface deserved to be in Hell as well
