De Monarchia

Name: De Monarchia
Author: Dante Alighieri

by Dante Alighieri

Political treatise arguing for universal monarchy under a single world ruler

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Dante Alighieri

Though primarily known as a poet, Dante wrote some of the most important philosophical and political prose of the medieval period. De Monarchia argues for the separation of church and state, while De vulgari eloquentia theorizes literary language.

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