K. Gladkov A.

MARSILIUS OF PADUA’S «OPUSCULA» IN CONTEXT OF INTELLECTUAL CULTURE OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIVTH CENTURY

Authors

K. Gladkov A.

Keywords:

Marsilius of Padua, «Defensor pacis», political thought, polemical tradition

Abstract

The article is devoted to analysis of the «opuscula» («On the Transfer of the Empire» – «De translatione Imperii»; «The Treatise on the Emperor’s Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Matters» – «Tractatus de iurisdictione imperatoris in causis matrimonialibus», «The Smaller Defendor» – «Defensor minor») of Marsilius of Padua (1275–1342), an outstanding philosopher, polemicist, rector of the University of Paris, Ludwif IV of Bavaria’s companion in arms, critic of pope’s doctrines «plenitudo potestatis» and «potestas clavium», author of the famous treatise «The Defender of the Peace» («Defensor pacis»), and its place in political thought, intellectual culture and polemical tradition of the first half of XIVth century. The author puts forward a hypothesis, concerning dating of the «On the Transfer of the Empire» treatise and possible context of its writing, and also reveals connection between all Marsilius of Padua’s works.

MARSILIUS OF PADUA’S «OPUSCULA» IN CONTEXT OF INTELLECTUAL CULTURE OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIVTH CENTURY