Monarchy (English Version)

Author: (Italian) Dante Alighieri
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This is the first new translation in forty years of a fascinating word 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 starting 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. PRUESHAW is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian at University College London.