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 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

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Dante’s Monarchia and Vernani’s Refutation in Context Prolegomena:The Crisis and Its Major Players  . Tiara and Scepter  . Dante in the Eye of the Storm  The Logician and the Prophet,  / Dante’s Forensic Procedure,  / The Perils of Posthumous Burning,  / The Early Manuscripts and the Fortune of the Monarchia,  / Ecclesiastical Ambition,Terror, and Spleen,  . The Monarchia andVernani’s Censures  On Book ,  / On Book ,  / On Book ,  TRANSLATIONS OF THE TEXTS DANTE’S Monarchia  Book ,  Book ,  Book ,  VERNANI’S Refutation  JOHN XXII’S Si fratrum  Notes  Bibliography  Index  vii ...