The Monarchia Controversy An Historical Study with Accompanying Translations of Dante Alighieri's Monarchia , Guido Vernani's Refutation of the Monarchia Composed by Dante , and Pope John XXII's Bull Si Fratrum |
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| Author:
| Cassell, Anthony K. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8132-1338-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2003 |
| Publisher: | Catholic University of America Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $113.00 |
Book Description:
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This text provides both the background to the imperial and ecclesiastical machinations that drove Dante Alighieri to begin penning the ""Monarchia"" in 1318, and also the subsequent history of the efforts by papal authorities to ban the book after the writer's death.
This text provides both the background to the imperial and ecclesiastical machinations that drove Dante Alighieri to begin penning the ""Monarchia"" in 1318, and also the subsequent history of the efforts by papal authorities to ban the book after the writer's death.