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François Pollet

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François Pollet
BornDouai, Walloon Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
DiedDouai, Walloon Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Occupationlawyer
LanguageLatin
Alma materLeuven University
Genrelegal history
SubjectRoman institutions
Literary movementRenaissance humanism
Notable worksHistoria Fori Romani (1576)

François Pollet (died around 1547) was a lawyer from Douai, then in the County of Flanders (Habsburg Netherlands).

Life

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Pollet studied law at Leuven University and for a number of years became a lecturer in law at the University of Paris. He was then called to the bar, and returned to his native Douai, where he married and maintained a legal practice. He died young, leaving the incomplete manuscript of a study of Roman legal institutions. His work was later edited and put into print by his son-in-law, Philippe Broïde, a member of the city council of Douai.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Pierre Taisand, Les vies des plus celebres jurisconsultes de toutes les nations (Paris, 1737), p. 449.