Pierre Dubois ( French Pierre Dubois ; probably between 1250 and 1255 , probably Coutances , Normandy - after 1321 ) is a French jurist and political publicist who lived during the reign of King Philip IV the Beautiful , best known as the author of several political pamphlets in which he spoke original and bold ideas for his time. His works were, despite separate mention and use in subsequent centuries, almost forgotten until the middle of the XIX century .
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Biography
Very little biographical information about Dubois has been preserved, and almost all of them have been reconstructed by historians from his works. It was established that he was born in Normandy, was educated at the University of Paris , where he attended lectures by Thomas Aquinas and Seager Brabant . Despite this, he was not a supporter of scholasticism and, perhaps, was familiar with the work of Roger Bacon . According to historians, he was in the royal service, was a lawyer and prosecutor of the university; in 1300 he became an attorney for royal affairs and courts, in 1302 and then in 1308 (in Tours ) he was a member of the General States in which he represented Coutance.
In 1300, he wrote the first of his notorious works, Summaria, brevis et compendiosa doctrina felicis expeditionis et abbreviationis guerrarum et litium regni Francorum , in which he expressed his views on the reform of the French monarchy. Later came the pamphlet Supplication du peuple de France au roy contre le pape Boniface le Ville , in which Dubois expressed anti-clerical views and argued that peace within the French kingdom could only be achieved by reducing the rights of the Catholic clergy and expanding the king’s power; he also proposed to collect some semblance of an “arbitration council” from the most influential rulers of European states to resolve contentious issues. His most famous work is the treatise De recuperatione Terrae Sanctae (1306), in which he described many political issues related to the full restoration of Christian control over Palestine, and outlined his vision of the conditions that would lead to success in the new crusade. It is known that as of 1306 he was in the service of a lawyer with King Edward I in Guyenne .
- This article (section) contains text taken (translated) from the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica , which went into the public domain .
Notes
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .