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Theodore Beza
French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar (1519-1605)

George Buchanan
Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506-1582)
François Hotman
French jurisconsult
Philippe de Mornay
French theologian (1549-1623)
Juan de Mariana
Spanish historian
Monarchomachs
The Monarchomachs () were originally French Huguenot theorists who opposed monarchy at the end of the 16th century, known in particular for having theoretically justified tyrannicide. The term was originally a pejorative word coined in 1600 by the Scottish royalist and Catholic William Barclay (1548–1608) from the Greek μόναρχος (monarchos "monarch, sole ruler") and μάχομαι ("makhomai" the verb meaning "to fight"), meaning "those who fight against monarchs" or "anti-monarchists".
Nicolas Barnaud
French alchemist