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 From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Kay, Richard | Copyright Catholic University of America Press Oct 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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. By Anthony K. Cassell. (Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press. 2004. Pp. xii, 403. $69.95.)

Dante's Monarchia was long thought to be an anachronistic, unrealistic attempt to revive the Roman Empire that was inspired by Henry VII's Italian expedition in 131...