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Also Known As Marsilio da Padova
Born c.1280 • Padua • Kingdom of Italy
Died c.1343 • Munich
Notable Works “Defensor pacis”
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Ezzelino III da Romano
Italian noble
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Lanfranc
archbishop of Canterbury
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Cangrande I
Italian ruler
Dante
Dante
Italian poet
Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce
Italian philosopher
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Tommaso Campanella
Italian philosopher and poet
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Vincenzo Gioberti
Italian philosopher and statesman
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Gaetano Mosca
Italian jurist and philosopher
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Pietro Della Vigna
Italian minister
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Concino Concini, marquis d’Ancre
Italian diplomat
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Castruccio Castracani
Italian condottiere
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Antonio Genovesi
Italian philosopher and economist
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Antonio Labriola
Italian philosopher
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Salinguerra Torelli
Ghibelline ruler of Ferrara
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Uguccione Della Faggiuola
Tuscan noble
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David Riccio
Italian royal secretary
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Farinata degli Uberti
Italian noble
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W. W. Rostow
American economist
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Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]