De Monarchia
Monarchia
Author
Language
Year
c. 1312/1313
Country
Italy
Genre
Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
christianity
holy roman empire
medieval europe
catholic church
political science
Monarchia, often called De Monarchia, is a Latin treatise on secular and religious power by Dante Alighieri, who wrote it between 1312 and 1313. With this text, the poet intervened in one of the most controversial subjects of his period: the relationship between secular authority and religious authority. Dante's point of view was known on this problem, since during his political activity he had fought to defend the autonomy of the city-government of Florence from the temporal demands of Pope Boniface VIII. The work was banned by the Catholic Church in 1585.Wikipedia →
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