Dante: Monarchy

This book, first published in 1996, is a translation of a fascinating work by one of the world's great poets.

Dante (Author), Prue Shaw (Edited by)

9780521567817, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 May 1996

176 pages
21.6 x 13.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.25 kg

'All English-speaking students of Dante will be immensely grateful to Prue Shaw for her splendid edition and translation of Dante's Latin treatise on world government. This is by far the best English translation of the Monarchia …' Italian Studies

This book, first published in 1996, was 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.

Introduction, Bibliographical note etc
Monarchia books I, II, III
notes, tables, index.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX]