Monarchy (De Monarchia)

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by Dante Alighieri,

Edited by Prue Shaw

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published July 1996, 172 pages, paper

ISBN 0521567815

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.