Florimond de Raemond
Florimond de Raemond (* 1540 in Agen, † November 17, 1601 in Bordeaux) was a French lawyer, conseiller du Roy en sa Cour de Parlement de Bourdeaus, counter- reformer and historian at the end of the era of humanism. He was a member of the Parliaments' in Bordeaux. He wrote a multi-volume history of France from a Catholic perspective.
Life and work
De Raemond came from an old noble family from the area around Toulouse. His father was Robert Ier de Raemond, 2e seigneur de Suquet († 1605 ), his mother, nee Marie de Saint- Gilis. The couple had three sons and a daughter. He studied at various universities in its region and was faced by a young man, an increasing number of followers of Calvinism.
De Raemond was a student of Peter Ramus, a Protestant convert who was killed during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. He was a friend of Michel de Montaigne and Blaise de Montesquiou. From 1570 de Raemond was a fervent Catholic apologists. As Montaigne retired from his administrative duties, took over de Raemond on July 23, 1570 the term of office at the Parlement, the royal court in Bordeaux. As a magistrate in Bordeaux you accused him of an anti - Protestant stance. He was one of the leading intellectuals of the city.
Literally, he took active part in the religious conflict in the second half of the 16th century in part. His main work was Histoire de naissance, progres, et decadence de l' Heresie de ce siecle, but the posthumously published in Paris in 1605. It has been translated into several languages , so in Latin, German and Dutch.
De Raemond was married to Catherine de Rosteguy de Lancre. She was the sister of Pierre de Lancre Rosteguy de (1553-1631) and daughter of Étienne de Rosteguy († 1563), conseiller du roi et seigneur de Lancre. De Raemond and his wife had three daughters and three sons.
Works (selection)
- L' Antichrist. Lyon 1597 books.google
- L' anti- Christ et l' anti- Papesse. L' Agellier, 1599
- L' anti- Papesse, ou erreur populaire de la papesse Jeanne. Jean de la Rivière, 1613 books.google
- Synopsis omnium hujus temporis controversiarum tam inter Lutheranos, Calvin Followings quam alios plurimos. sumpt. J. A. Kinchii, 1655
- Histoire de la naissance, progrès et decadence de l' hérésie de ce siècle. Cailloüet, 1623