De Monarchia
E124092
De Monarchia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that argues for the universal authority of a secular Roman emperor, distinct from and independent of papal power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Monarchia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1070070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Monarchia Context triple: [Dante Alighieri, notableWork, De Monarchia]
-
A.
The City of God
The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.
-
B.
Instauratio Magna
Instauratio Magna is Francis Bacon’s ambitious, unfinished philosophical project outlining a new system of knowledge and scientific method intended to reform and advance learning.
-
C.
Dictatus Papae
Dictatus Papae is a 1075 papal decree attributed to Pope Gregory VII that asserted sweeping papal authority over the Church and secular rulers, becoming a key text of the Investiture Controversy.
-
D.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
-
E.
Institutio principis Christiani
Institutio principis Christiani is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Desiderius Erasmus that outlines the moral and educational ideals of a Christian ruler.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Monarchia Target entity description: De Monarchia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that argues for the universal authority of a secular Roman emperor, distinct from and independent of papal power.
-
A.
The City of God
The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.
-
B.
Instauratio Magna
Instauratio Magna is Francis Bacon’s ambitious, unfinished philosophical project outlining a new system of knowledge and scientific method intended to reform and advance learning.
-
C.
Dictatus Papae
Dictatus Papae is a 1075 papal decree attributed to Pope Gregory VII that asserted sweeping papal authority over the Church and secular rulers, becoming a key text of the Investiture Controversy.
-
D.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
-
E.
Institutio principis Christiani
Institutio principis Christiani is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Desiderius Erasmus that outlines the moral and educational ideals of a Christian ruler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin treatise
ⓘ
medieval philosophical work ⓘ political treatise ⓘ work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| approximateDate | between 1310 and 1313 ⓘ |
| author | Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| book1Subject | necessity and utility of a universal monarchy ⓘ |
| book2Subject | legitimacy of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| book3Subject | relation between imperial and papal authority ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized by supporters of papal supremacy ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early 14th century ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
ⓘ
theological‑political treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
conflict between papacy and Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterInfluence |
history of political thought
ⓘ
theories of secular state authority ⓘ |
| mainArgument |
imperial power is distinct from papal power
ⓘ
imperial power is independent of papal power in temporal matters ⓘ the Roman emperor holds universal temporal authority ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | medieval Latin manuscripts ⓘ |
| modernEditions | critical editions in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
|
| placeOfComposition | Italy ⓘ |
| positionOnChurchState | advocates separation of spiritual and temporal powers ⓘ |
| positionOnEmpire | defends legitimacy of a universal Roman Empire ⓘ |
| positionOnPope | denies papal supremacy over temporal power of the emperor ⓘ |
| reception | condemned by Church authorities after Dante’s death ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Divine Comedy ⓘ |
| settingOfArgument | universal Christian society ⓘ |
| structure | three books ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
imperial authority ⓘ papal authority ⓘ political theory ⓘ relationship between Church and State ⓘ universal monarchy ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition | both papal and imperial powers derive directly from God ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | On Monarchy ⓘ |
| viewOnEnds |
emperor directs humanity to earthly happiness
ⓘ
pope directs humanity to eternal beatitude ⓘ |
| viewOnLaw | emperor is supreme temporal lawgiver ⓘ |
| viewOnProperty | universal monarch guarantees justice and proper distribution of goods ⓘ |
| viewOnRomanEmpire | Roman Empire was ordained by Providence ⓘ |
| viewOnUniversalPeace | universal monarchy is necessary for universal peace ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: De Monarchia Description of subject: De Monarchia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that argues for the universal authority of a secular Roman emperor, distinct from and independent of papal power.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Durante degli Alighieri