Concept

Universal monarchy

Overview

A universal monarchy is a concept in which one monarchy is deemed to have sole rule over the entire world. Though a theoretical concept, many monarchs aspired to obtain large empires over vast territories.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Universal monarchy

• Dante Alighieri

Related ideas

• Eusebius
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte
• John Rawls
• Immanuel Kant
• Caesarism
• Byzantine Empire
• Middle Ages
• Monarchy
• Russian Empire
• Mandate of Heaven
• Ottoman Empire
• Oswald Spengler
• Sulla
• Mongol Empire
• Classical antiquity
• Roman Empire
• Kingdom of France
• Spanish Empire
• Voltaire
• The Decline of the West
• Prussia
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Zhou dynasty
• Monarchy of the United Kingdom

Opposing perspectives

• Erasmus
• Edward Gibbon
• Catholic Church

Place in the tradition

Part of Monotheism.

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