Pithou, Pierre

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• Pithou, Pierre — (1539–96)    Theologian.    Pithou was trained as a lawyer in Paris and he converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism in 1573. He is remembered as the author of Les Libertés de l’Eglise Gallicane, the first formulation of the essential… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• Pithou, Pierre — ▪ French lawyer born Nov. 1, 1539, Troyes, France died Nov. 1, 1596, Nogent sur Seine       lawyer and historian who was one of the first French scholars to collect and analyze source material of France s history.       Reared as a Calvinist,… …   Universalium

• Pithou, Pierre — (1539 1596)    jurist    Born in Troyes, Pierre Pithou, having abjured Protestantism, joined the political faction and edited the discourse of the Third Estate in La Satire Ménippée (1594), stigmatizing the excesses of the holy league. A student… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

• Pierre Pithou —     Pierre Pithou     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pierre Pithou     A writer, born at Troyes, 1 Nov. 1539; died at Nogent sur Seine, 1 Nov., 1596. His father, a distinguished lawyer, had secretly embraced Calvinism. Pierre studied the classics in… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pithou — is a surname, and may refer to:* François Pithou * Jean Pithou * Nicolas Pithou * Pierre PithouThe above were all brothers …   Wikipedia

• Pierre Pithou — (* 1. November 1539 in Troyes; † 1. November 1596 in Nogent sur Seine), auch Petrus Pithoeus, war ein französischer Anwalt und Gelehrter. Die zweite Satyricon Ausgabe von Pierre Pithou, Paris 1587 (Exemplar Th. Völker, Berlin) Im Jahr 1560 wurde… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pierre Pithou — (November 1, 1539 ndash; November 1, 1596), was a French lawyer and scholar. He is also known as Petrus Pithoeus.He was born at Troyes. From childhood he loved literature, and his father Pierre encouraged this interest. Young Pithou was called to …   Wikipedia

• Pierre Pithou — Pierre Pithou, né à Troyes le 1er novembre 1539 et mort à Nogent sur Seine le 1er novembre 1596, est un avocat et érudit français. Sommaire 1 Biographie …   Wikipédia en Français

• Pierre Daniel (d'Orléans) — Pierre Daniel, ou Pierre de Daniel, dit Danielis, né à Orléans en 1531, mort à Paris en 1604, est un avocat, bibliophile, philologue et érudit français. On lui doit d avoir sauvé la bibliothèque de l abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire lors de son… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Pierre-Jean Grosley — Pierre Jean Grosley, né le 18 novembre 1718 à Troyes où il est mort le 4 novembre 1785, est un historien et homme de lettres français. Fils d’un avocat et destiné à la même carrière, Grosley fit ses études au collège de… …   Wikipédia en Français