Hyde, J. K., Padua in the Age of Dante (Manchester, 1966).
Excerpt:
“The only Paduan writer to produce a radical discussion of the communal institutions was Marsiglio Mainardini; it is doubtful if his analysis can be improved upon. As Marsiglio recognized, the essence of the Paduan state was the citizen body, the unviersitas civium, or rather its pars valentior or weightier part.”
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