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Marsilius of Padua: The Defender of the Peace (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

by Marsilius of Padua (Author), Annabel Brett (Editor)
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In his The Defender of the Peace, Marsilius of Padua offers a detailed analysis and explanation of human political communities, before going on to attack what he sees as the obstacles to peaceful human coexistence - principally the contemporary papacy. Annabel Brett's authoritative rendition of the Defensor Pacis is the first new translation in English for fifty years. Aimed at the student reader encountering this classic of medieval thought for the first time, this new edition is a scholarly and a pedagogic event of great importance to historians, political theorists, theologians and philosophers at all levels from second-year undergraduate upwards.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521789117
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521789110
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    January 9, 2006
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    5.43 x 1.44 x 8.5 inches
  7. Print length
    638 pages
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'The lucid an readable translation, along with the informative and often insightful annotations and a comprehensive bibliography, promises to produce a new generation of students who are fascinated by this remarkably idiosyncratic political text.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

'Brett's version of the Defensor sufficiently improves on Gewirth's that it promises to become the standard English translation for the foreseeable future.' Political Studies Review

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This book was the first new translation in English for fifty years of this classic of western political thought.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 9, 2006
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 638 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521789117
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521789110
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 1.44 x 8.5 inches
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  • Dr. Terrence McGarty
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Treatise on Modern Political Thought
    Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016
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    Marsilius was by day a physician but had developed insight into the collapse of the papacy in Avignon that inspired this work. In many ways this is the first of what we see as contemporary political thought. Marsilius was also well educated in Theology at Paris and had been exposed to the governing methodologies of the Italian City States. In addition he was responding to the ever encroaching power usurped via the fraudulent doctrine promulgated by the Donation of Constantine and the two swords theory. For Marsilius the papacy at best was focused on the church while Government represented the people.

    This document is an excellent and readable translation. It does read as a 14th century document, with structure somewhat akin to the Scholastic, but is no where the rigid structure of an Aquinas. It is a must read for anyone interested in political science and its development. The book is well done and well presented.

    In addition this should be read in conjunction with Ockham and his Work of Ninety Days. Both place the Avignon papacy in clear perspective.
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  • Ramona Russum
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2019
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    I am a student of philosophy and it added to my library.
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  • Alex Hitzemann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2014
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    Book arrived in Great Condition!
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  • Anthony Taylor
    4.0 out of 5 stars Stability in and among so much instability
    Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2020
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    I like being able to get a handle on the mind set of government, politics and how they both interact with each other and people in general. We are living in confusing times and clarity is needed inorder to establish sanity.
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