Marsilius’ Defensor Pacis and the University of Paris
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22413377 |
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| Authors | Kajo Kubala (0000-0002-2222-8474, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 270-294 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Thought (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-781X |
| Publisher | Imprint Academic Ltd (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.53765/20512988.47.2.270 |
| OpenAlex | W7169654856 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Scholarship on the political thought of Marsilius of Padua has long oscillated between portraying him as a covert democrat or an advocate of aristocratic rule. These competing interpretations hinge on differing claims about his influences, whether derived from the Aristotelianism of Moerbeke’s translation of the Politics or from the civic practices of the Italian comuni . While these perspectivesremain central, scholars have overlooked another crucial context: the corporatism of the University of Paris. This paper enriches existing interpretations of Marsilius’ political theory by arguing for a complementary influence of the university’s institutional structures on his conception of political order.
Aristotelianism · Corporatism · Covert · Negation · Politics · Scholarship · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Medieval Literature and History · Medieval Philosophy and Theology
| Highly cited | No |
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