Marsiglio of Padua: 'Defensor minor' and 'De translatione imperii' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (Paperback)

by Marsiglio of Padua (Author), Cary J. Nederman (Editor) "We have previously read in earlier works, according to the claims of the Master of the 'Sentences' [Peter Lombard], that priests have a certain power..." (more)
Key Phrases: nsor pacis, coercive judgement, licit marriage, Holy Scripture, Saint Peter, Roman Empire (more...)

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"Cary Nederman's translation makes these remarkable works available in English for the first time, and his useful introduction relates them to the career and controversies of that most original medieval mind....In this compact and informative format, Marsiglio becomes a 'must read' for any who wish to grasp something of the intensity, variety, and far-reaching implications of medieval political thought." Gerald Christianson, Church History

Product Description
This volume makes available for the first time in English the writings about the Holy Roman Empire by Marsiglio of Padua, one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the Latin Middle Ages. The Defensor minor is a restatement and defense of Marsiglio's best known work, the Defensor pacis, and De translatione Imperii applies Marsiglio's general intellectual framework to the question of the exercise of imperial power.

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• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 25, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521408466
• ISBN-13: 978-0521408462
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
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