François Pollet (died around 1547) was a lawyer from Douai, then in the County of Flanders (Habsburg Netherlands).
François Pollet | |
|---|---|
| Born | Douai, Walloon Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
| Died | Douai, Walloon Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Language | Latin |
| Alma mater | Leuven University |
| Genre | legal history |
| Subject | Roman institutions |
| Literary movement | Renaissance humanism |
| Notable works | Historia Fori Romani (1576) |
Life
editPollet 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]
Publications
edit- Historia Fori Romani (Douai, Jan Bogard, 1576) Available on Google Books
References
edit- ^ Pierre Taisand, Les vies des plus celebres jurisconsultes de toutes les nations (Paris, 1737), p. 449.