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Peter of Ailly

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Peter of Ailly was one of the most important thinkers and philosophers of the later fourteenth and the early fifteenth century. He was deeply involved with the Papal politics of his time and wrote several philosophical works that remained influential well into the sixteenth century.

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  1. Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France

    Joël Biard

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    Henrik Lagerlund

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Biard, J. (2011). Peter of Ailly. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_384

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