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

417 Pages·2004·1.846 MB·English, Italian

by  Cassell, Anthony Kimber, Vernani, Guido, Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri

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The Controversy
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onarchia
The 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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by Anthony K. Cassell
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cassell, Anthony K. (Anthony Kimber), –
The monarchia controversy: an historical study with accompanying translations ofDante
Alighieri’s Monarchia, Guido Vernani’s refutation ofthe Monarchia composed by Dante
and Pope John XXII’s bull, Si fratrum / by Anthony Cassell.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
---
. Dante Alighieri, –. Monarchia. . Vernani, Guido, fl. . Reprobatio.
. Catholic Church. Pope (–: John XXII). Si fratrum. . Italy—Politics and
government—–. . Catholic Church—Italy—Political activity. . Church and
state—Italy—To . I. Title
. 
´.—dc

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or my old friend
Lawrence Paul Buck
Dì oggimai che la Chiesa di Roma,
Per confondere in sé due reggimenti,
Cade nel fango, e sé brutta e la soma.
 
Purgatorio : –
La tua città, che di colui è pianta
che pria volse le spalle al suo fattore
e di cui e la ‘nvidia tanto pianta,
produce e spande il maladetto fiore
c’ha disvïate le pecore e li agni
però che fatto ha lupo del pastore.
Per questo l’Evangelio e i dottor magni
son derelitti, e solo ai Decretali
si studia, sì che parea’lor vivagni
A questo intende il papa e’cardinali;
non vanno i lor pensieri a Nazarette
là dove Gabriello aperse l’ali.
 
Paradiso : –
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 Monarchiaand Vernani’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

Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to thank Dr. John Harris for his essential help on the finer
ffi
points of Latin and for his friendship during some very di cult times, and
Dr. John Serembus ofWidener University for his expert advice on matters of
formal logic. In each case I learned much, but I have made my own decisions
ff
in composing and writing. Dr. Patricia Hollahan o ered much precious advice
on medieval ideas and on format. Larry Buck, expert on things ecclesiastical,
generously read the manuscript and was a constant source of knowledge and
inspiration, despite the fact that he had no idea that the book would be dedi-
cated to him.
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