Marsilius of Padua
Italian philosopher (c. 1275–1342) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marsilius of Padua (Italian: Marsilio da Padova; born Marsilio Mainardi, Marsilio de i Mainardini or Marsilio Mainardini; c. 1270 – c. 1342) was an Italian scholar, trained in medicine, who practiced a variety of professions. He was also an important 14th-century political figure. His political treatise Defensor pacis (The Defender of Peace), an attempt to refute papal claims to a "plenitude of power" in affairs of both church and state, is seen by some scholars as the most revolutionary political treatise written in the later Middle Ages.[1] It is one of the first examples of a trenchant critique of caesaropapism in Western Europe.[2] Marsilius is sometimes seen as a forerunner of the Protestant reformation, because many of his beliefs were later adopted by Calvin and Luther.[3]
Marsilius of Padua | |
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Born | c. 1270 |
Died | c. 1342 Munich, Duchy of Upper Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire |
Education | University of Paris |
Notable work | Defensor pacis |
Era | 14th-century philosophy Medieval philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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