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Jean Bodin (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.
Mar 25, 2005 · Jean Bodin (1529/30–1596) was a lawyer, economist, natural philosopher, historian, and one of the major political theorists of the sixteenth century.
June 1596, Laon (aged 66) Subjects Of Study: sovereignty. Jean Bodin (born 1530, Angers, France—died June 1596, Laon) was a French political philosopher whose exposition of the principles of stable government was widely influential in Europe at a time when medieval systems were giving way to centralized states.
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Jean Bodin (c. 1529—1596) The humanist philosopher and jurist Jean Bodin was one of the most prominent political thinkers of the sixteenth century. His reputation is largely based on his account of sovereignty which he formulated in the Six Books of the Commonwealth .
Jean Bodin, jurist, political and natural philosopher, historian, economist, demonologist and much else besides was one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the sixteenth century. Yet many details of his life are uncertain.
Mar 25, 2005 · Jean Bodin. First published Fri Mar 25, 2005; substantive revision Tue Dec 12, 2006. Jean Bodin (1529/30-1596) was a lawyer, economist, natural philosopher, historian, and one of the major political theorists of the sixteenth century.
May 23, 2018 · The French political philosopher Jean Bodin (1529/1530-1596) influenced European intellectual history through his formulation of economic theories and of principles of good government and through his advocacy of religious tolerance in an intolerant age.
