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The defender of the peace

Marsilius of Padua ; edited and translated by Annabel Brett

(Cambridge texts in the history of political thought)

Cambridge University Press, 2005

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  • : pbk

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Defensor pacis

The defender of the peace : Marsilius of Padua

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Translation of: Defensor pacis

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Defender of the Peace of Marsilius of Padua is a massively influential text in the history of western political thought. Marsilius 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 was the first new translation in English for fifty years, and a major contribution to the series of Cambridge Texts: all of the usual series features are provided, included chronology, notes for further reading, and up-to-date annotation aimed at the student reader encountering this classic of medieval thought for the first time. This edition of The Defender of the Peace is a scholarly and a pedagogic event of great importance, of interest to historians, political theorists, theologians and philosophers at all levels from second-year undergraduate upwards.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Principal events in Marsilius's Life
  • Notes on the translation
  • Notes on references
  • Contents of The Defender of the Peace: Discourse I
  • Discourse II
  • Discourse III
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA74643827
  • ISBN
    • 9780521783323
    • 9780521789110
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    lat
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    lxi, 569 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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