biography
pronunciation:
[mah(r)silius]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1275–c.1342)
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| biography:
| Political theorist and philosopher, born in Padua, NE Italy. He was rector of the University of Paris from 1313, where he lectured on natural philosophy, engaged in medical research, and involved himself in Italian politics. In 1324 he completed Defensor pacis, a political treatise which argued against the temporal power of clergy and pope. When the authorship of the work became known, he was forced to flee Paris (1326). Excommunicated by Pope John XXII, he took refuge at the court of Louis of Bavaria in Munich. |
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