Jacques de Révigny
Jacques de Révigny or Jacobus de Ravanis (1230s-1296) was a French jurist. The Italian jurist and poet Cino da Pistoia said of Jacques de Révigny that there was no cleverer debater in the world.[1]
Life[]
Born some time between 1230 and 1240, Jacque de Révigny studied law under , and at the University of Orléans. He became archdeacon of Toul, and in 1289 became Bishop of Verdun. He died in 1296.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kees Bezemer (1997). What Jacques Saw: Thirteenth Century France Through the Eyes of Jacques de Revigny, Professor of Law at Orleans. Vittorio Klostermann. p. 141. ISBN 978-3-465-02946-5.
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