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François Hotman

Type Figure Region France Time 1524–1590 Also known as François Hotman、Franciscus Hotomanus

French humanist jurist and Huguenot political theorist who taught in Valence and Strasbourg;…

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  1. 1547–1556Valence · Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesFrom 1547 he held the chair of Roman law at the University of Valence and remained active in French scholarly circles from 1551 to 1555. Influenced by Calvinism, he converted to Protestantism and was forced to leave France around 1556 due to religious persecution.
  2. 1556–1560Geneva · Canton of GenevaAfter 1556 he settled in Geneva, taking part in the activities of the exiled Huguenot intellectual community. Although largely absent from France between 1551 and 1560, his legal writings and anti-absolutist ideas profoundly shaped political debate on the eve of the French Wars of Religion.

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