Marsilius of Padua

Marsilius of Padua
Born	c. 1270 Commune of Padua
Died	c. 1342 Munich, Duchy of Upper Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Education	University of Paris
Notable work	Defensor pacis
Era	14th-century philosophy Medieval philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Main interests	Politics

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Marsilius of Padua (Italian: Marsilio da Padova; born Marsilio Mainardi, Marsilio de i Mainardini or Marsilio Mainardini; c. 1270 – c. 1342) was an Italian scholar, trained in medicine, who practiced a variety of professions. He was also an important 14th-century political figure. His political treatise Defensor pacis (The Defender of Peace), an attempt to refute papal claims to a "plenitude of power" in affairs of both church and state, is seen by some scholars as the most revolutionary political treatise written in the later Middle Ages.^[1] It is one of the first examples of a trenchant critique of caesaropapism in Western Europe.^[2] Marsilius is sometimes seen as a forerunner of the Protestant reformation, because many of his beliefs were later adopted by Calvin and Luther.^[3]