Title: Monarchy
Subtitle: and Three political letters.
Description: This is the first new translation for forty years of a fascinating work of political theory. Dante's Monarchy 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.

Prue Shaw's translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes, which provide a complete guide to the text, and which place Monarchy in the context of Dante's life and work.
Subjects: Politics and government, Early works to 1800, Church and state, Political science, Translations into English, Monarchy, Political and social views, Italy, Dante alighieri, 1265-1321, Political science, philosophy, Political science, early works to 1800, Criticism and interpretation
Places: Italy
People: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Time periods: 476-1268, 1268-1559