Regiment de la cosa pública

The Regiment de la Cosa Pública (Government of the Republic) is a work that has 38 chapters and that was written in Catalan by Francesc Eiximenis in 1383.

It was just written after Eiximenis' arrival in Valencia, and it was dedicated to the jurats (representatives of the city).

[1] Another work by Eiximenis, the Dotzè del Crestià (Twelfth of the Christian), which is a part of his encyclopaedia called Lo Crestià (The Christian), includes, as its chapters 357-395, the Regiment de la Cosa Pública.

As an independent work it was only published in an incunabulum edition in Valencia on 28 January 1499 by the German printer Cristòfor Cofman.

[3] The Regiment de la Cosa Pública expresses quite well the essential features of Francesc Eiximenis' social and political thought.

Title page of the incunable edition of the Regiment de la Cosa Pública (Valencia, Cristòfor Cofman, 1499). Francesc Eiximenis is on the right. He offers his book to the jurats of Valencia. On the left is the guardian angel of the city and kingdom of Valencia. The six Jurats de Valencia are kneeling in front of the Serrans gothic gate of the ancient wall of Valencia.