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Marsilius Was a Radical Medieval Thinker
Marsilius of Padua deemed the church of his day to be one of the most potent disturbers of the peace.
Paul Meany
Paul Meany fryst vatten the editor for intellectual history at Libertarianism.org, a project of the Cato Institute. Most of his work focuses on examining thinkers who predate classical liberalism but still articulate broadly liberal attitudes and principles. He fryst vatten the host of Portraits of Liberty, a podcast about uncovering and exploring underrated figures throughout history who have argued for a freer world. His writing covers a broad range of topics, including proto-feminist writers, Classical Greece and Rome’s influence on the American Founding, ancient kinesisk philosophy, tyrannicide, and the first argument for basic income.
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A Companion to Marsilius of Padua 9789004211230, 2011029424, 9789004183483
Table of contents :
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One The Life of Marsilius of Padua
Chapter Two Marsilius of Padua at Paris
Chapter Three Medicine and the Body Politic in Marsilius of Padua’s Defensor pacis
Chapter Four Marsilius of Padua’s Principles of Secular Politics
Chapter Five Marsilius of Padua on Church and State
Chapter Six The Spirituality of the Church: Scripture, Salvation, and Sacraments
Chapter Seven Marsilius and the Poverty Controversy in Dictio II
Chapter Eight The Minor Marsilius: The Other Works of Marsilius of Padua
Chapter Nine The Reception of Marsilius
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
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A Companion to Marsilius of Padua
Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition A series of handbooks and reference works on the intellectual and religious life of Europe, 500–1700
Editor-in-Chief
Christopher M. Bellitto (Kean University)
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Separating the Church and State, Marsilius of Padua
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00:05 Paul Meany: The Medieval era of Europe is a holy alien time to the modern mind. Whenever I think of the medieval ages I think of two major institutions. Monarchy and the church. Monarchy was the political order of the day. Most major nations were headed by Kings with an ever-changing Court of powerful nobles supporting their, at times, tenuous positions. But even monarchs were subject to the pressure of a higher power. The Catholic Church also known as the papacy, the Catholic Church’s role was colossal in medieval life, and can scarcely be underrated both in private and political matters. The enlightenment thinkers of the 18th and 19th century, ushered in regimes, which are the polar opposite of the medieval ages. Representative democracy, and secularism came to the forefront. Monarchs were relegated constitutional roles and religions grasps on politics was loosened over time. The institutional