Marsilius of Padua [addendum]
In order to understand Marsilius more fully, it is useful to examine both the classical influences upon his work and the ways he applies his own principles in the minor w...
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Marsilius of Padua(C. 1275/1280–1342)
Marsilius of Padua (Marsilio dei Mainardini), an Italian political theorist, was born between 1275 and 1280 and died in 1342. He probably studied medicine ...
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The Italian political philosopher Marsilius of Padua (ca. 1275-1342) wrote Defensor pacis, the most important political treatise written in the late Middle Ages.Marsilio dei Mainardini, who is known a...
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In the summer of 1324 a book began to circulate in Paris that was to send shock waves throughout Christendom. It was a long book, published anonymously under the simple title Defensor Pacis (The Defen...
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