Comparing Dante's Inferno And The Universal Monarchy
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Dante believed that the universal jurisdiction was politically compatible with the existence of the smallest political formations such kingdoms, lordships, towns etc., to which he did not recognize an absolute independence from the empire, as they, in pursuing the purposes of their own people, had the duty to subordinate them to the law and to the general purpose of the universal monarchy. That is because in contrast, the role of the universal empire would have become only that of a higher moral authority, that consequently would have put at the fragmentation of the empire and at its limited sovereignty. Precisely for this reason, Dante theorised in favour of a universal political figure able to concentrate in his hands the three main political