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Jean Bodin
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Jean Bodin (1530–1596) was a French jurist, philosopher, economist, and historian. Born in Angers, he was educated at the University of Paris and the University of Toulouse, where he also worked. A student of Arnaud du Ferrier, Bodin was a member of the Carmelites and adhered to the Catholic Church. He spoke Latin, French, and Middle French.
His fields of work included political science, philosophy, and economics. Notable works attributed to him include *Discours de Iean Bodin sur le rehaussement et diminution des monnoyes, tant d'or que d'argent, & le moyen d'y remedier*, *Apologie de René Herpin pour la Republique de I. Bodin*, *Los seis libros de la Republica de Ivan Bodino*, and *Demonomania de gli stregoni, Io. Bodini Andegavensis De magorvm daemonomania*.
Bodin died in Laon from the plague. His death date is recorded as either January 1, 1596, or June 7, 1596.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- c. 1530
- Died
- 1596
- Works
- 135
Top works
- Discours de Iean Bodin sur le rehaussement et diminution des monnoyes, tant d'or que d'argent, & le moyen d'y remedier
- Apologie de René Herpin pour la Republique de I. Bodin
- Le théâtre de la nature universelle de Iean Bodin ... Auquel on peut contempler les causes efficientes & finales de toutes choses,desquelles l'ordre est continué par questions & responces en cinq liures ...
- Los seis libros de la Republica de Ivan Bodino
- Demonomania de gli stregoni
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- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 6
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,810x
- Situated Learning
· 1991 · cited 30,519x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,157x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,631x
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,842x
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Bodin (/boʊˈdæn/; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɔdɛ̃]; c. 1530 – 1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris and professor of law in Toulouse. Bodin lived during the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation and wrote against the background of religious conflict in France. He seemed to be a nominal Catholic throughout his life but was critical of papal authority over governments. Known for his theory of sovereignty, he favoured the strong central control of a national monarchy as an antidote to factional strife.
Towards the end of his life he wrote a dialogue among different religions, including representatives of Judaism, Islam and natural theology in which all agreed to coexist in concord, but was not published. He was also an influential writer on demonology, as his later years were spent during the peak of the early modern witch trials.
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