Written c. 1567 (though unpublished until 1603), this is the work of an extraordinary scholar, a radical and polemicist, rival of many of the leading intellectual and political figures of his day. According to François Hotmanâs distinguished biographer Donald Kelley the Antitribonian âis, or should be, a landmark in the history of social and historical thoughtâ. It is also a landmark in the history of legal thought. The present edition is the first to evaluate Hotmanâs text in the context of the history of Roman law from the time of the sixth-century Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to the Germany of the Enlightenment.
Howell A. Lloyd, D.Phil. (Oxford, 1964), is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. His publications â monographs, edited works and numerous articles, on subjects ranging from Welsh to European history, from social and economic questions to military affairs, state institutions and political ideas, include Jean Bodin, âThis Pre-eminent Man of France': An Intellectual Biography (Oxford, 2017).
Acknowledgements A Note on Citations and Referencing
Introduction
A Note on Publication
Antitribonian: Text (1603) and Translation
Bibliography Index
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