Dante, Monarchia
By: translated and edited by Prue Shaw.
Contributors: Shaw, Prue.
Series: Cambridge medieval classics ;; 4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Translations into English.; Church and state -- Italy.; Political science -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.; Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
Description: The Monarchia, Dante's treatise on political theory, addresses the fundamental question of what form of political organization best suits human nature; it embodies a political vision of startling originality and power, and illuminates the intellectual interests and achievements of one of the world's great poets. The whole text is here presented in a new English translation, the first for forty years, based on a more up-to-date and scholarly version of the Latin original than has previously been available.

The translation, together with accompanying introduction and notes, has been prepared by Dante scholar Prue Shaw. In this new accessible form, the Monarchia will interest not only Dante specialists, but also students of literary studies, political history and philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-159) and indexes.
Latin text with English translation on opposite pages.