The Right of Magistrates (French : Du droit des magistrats; Latin : De jure magistratuum) is a 1574 work written by Theodore Beza, and anonymously "published by those from Magdeburg of 1550", [1] as a polemical contribution to the pamphlet literature of the French Wars of Religion. [2] It emphatically protested against French state tyranny in religious matters, and affirmed the resistance theory that it is legitimate for a people to oppose an unworthy magistracy in a practical manner and if necessary to use weapons and depose them.
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Theodore Beza was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life in Geneva. Beza succeeded Calvin as the spiritual leader of the Republic of Geneva.
Henri de Bourbon, 2nd Prince of Condé was a French prince du sang and Huguenot general like his more prominent father, Louis I, Prince of Condé.
The Monarchomachs were originally French Huguenot theorists who opposed monarchy at the end of the 16th century, known in particular for having theoretically justified tyrannicide. The term was originally a pejorative word coined in 1600 by the Scottish royalist and Catholic William Barclay (1548–1608) from the Greek μόναρχος and μάχομαι, meaning "those who fight against monarchs" or "anti-monarchists".
Daniel Chamier (1564–1621) was a Huguenot minister in France, founder of the Academy of Montpellier and author.
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Claude de Sainctes was a French Catholic theologist, author, and controversialist.
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Resistance theory is an aspect of political thought, discussing the basis on which constituted authority may be resisted, by individuals or groups. In the European context it came to prominence as a consequence of the religious divisions in the early modern period that followed the Protestant Reformation. Resistance theories could justify disobedience on religious grounds to monarchs, and were significant in European national politics and international relations in the century leading up to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. They can also underpin and justify the concept of revolution as now understood. The resistance theory of the early modern period can be considered to predate the formulations of natural and legal rights of citizens, and to co-exist with considerations of natural law.
Johannes Polyander van den Kerckhoven was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, a Contra-Remonstrant but considered of moderate views.
Auguste Julien Marie Lorieux, was a 19th-century French writer and jurisdiction consultant.
Pierre Lizet was a French magistrate.
Events from the year 1519 in France
Raymond-Theodore Troplong was a French Bonapartist politician of the Second French Empire. He served as President of the Senate of France (1852–1869) and was a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques.
In French law, the ministère public or le parquet is the authority charged with defending the interests of society and of the application of law. It is primarily made up of magistrates, but is sometimes represented by other persons such as police officials. Its magistrates can be referred to as "standing" magistrates, as opposed to magistrats du siège. Its closest equivalent in some English-speaking countries is the director of public prosecutions and the attorney general in others.
Agathe Félicie Lélo Pembellot was the first female judge of Republic of the Congo Brazzaville. She has held several positions in the Senior Congolese Judiciary.
The law of Andorra includes customary law and legislation.
Paul-Alexis Mellet is a French early modern historian and expert in the political and religious ideas from early modernity. He is a professor at the University of Geneva and a member of the Institute of Reformation History. Formerly, he was a professor at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, and at the University of Tours.
Events in the year 1836 in Belgium.
The Translation Office was an organ of the Government of the Ottoman Empire that translated documents from one language to another.
