LH0490 Hotman between Geneva and France
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This podcast introduces the figure of François Hotman, a French legal humanist and calvinist, presenting his main works: the "Antitribonian", a strong criticism of Justinian's codification, and "Franco-Gallia", where he introduced a new idea of the relationship between the people, the king and the national legislation.
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