Montesquieu

Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (18 January 168910 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, intellectual, historian, and political philosopher.

division of government into branches such that legislative, executive, and judicial functions are exercised by distinct, separately constituted political bodies

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

commune in Lot-et-Garonne, France

Anglo-French military leader (1670-1734)

feudal castle in La Brède, Gironde, France

British earl

pamphlet by Maurice Joly