Marsilius of Padua and 'the truth of history' / George Garnett.
This book presents a radical reinterpretation of the great medieval thinker, Marsilius of Padua. George Garnett's iconoclastic re-reading of Marsilius's work - based on a careful attention to the texts - overturns the widely accepted view of him as a secular political theorist and proponen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2006.
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| Summary: | This book presents a radical reinterpretation of the great medieval thinker, Marsilius of Padua. George Garnett's iconoclastic re-reading of Marsilius's work - based on a careful attention to the texts - overturns the widely accepted view of him as a secular political theorist and proponent of republicanism, and re-establishes him in his proper historical context. - ;Marsilius of Padua is conventionally seen as a thinker ahead of his time: the first secular political theorist, and the first post-classical thinker to espouse republicanism. He is presented as a scholastic precursor of the republ. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 221 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191537622 0191537624 9780191710520 0191710520 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |