This is the first new translation for forty years of a fascinating word of political theory.Dante’s Monarchy addresses the fundamental question of what form of political organization best suits human natrue.It embodies a political vision of starting originality and power,and illminates the intellectual interests and achievements of one of the world’s great poets.Prue Shaw’s translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes, which provide a complete guide to the text,and which place Monarchy in the context of Dante’s life and work.PRUE SHAW is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian at University Colliehge London.