| LC control no. | n 81139211 |
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| Personal name heading | Coras, Jean de, 1513-1572 |
| Variant(s) | Corasius, Joannes, 1513-1572 Corasius, 1513-1572 De Coras, Jean, 1513-1572 Corasius, Ioannes, 1513-1572 Corasius, Jean de, 1513-1572 |
| Other standard no. | 39412720 |
| Associated country | France Italy |
| Located | Toulouse (France) Angers (France) Orléans (France) Paris (France) Padua (Italy) Valence (France) Ferrara (Italy) |
| Birth date | 1512-12-03 |
| Death date | 1572-10-04 |
| Place of birth | Tarn (France) |
| Place of death | Toulouse (France) |
| Field of activity | Roman law Civil law |
| Affiliation | France. Parlement (Tolouse) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers University and college faculty members Judges |
| Found in | Fell, A. L. Origins of legislative sovereignty and the legislative state, 1982: CIP t.p. (Corasius) pref. (Joannes Corasius) Coras, Jean de. Ioannis Corasii Tolosatis iuris consulti miscellaneorum iuris ciuilis, libri sex, MDLXX [1570] Dictionanaire historique des juristes français XIIe-XXe siècle, 2007: pp. 203-204 (Coras (Corasius), Jean de; born 1512 at Réalmont (Tarn), died 4 October 1572 in Toulouse; best known as the judge and chronicler of Martin Guerre's trial and as a victim of the Toulousain Saint-Barthélemy massacre; studied law from a young age at Angers, Orléans, and Paris, then traveled to Italy and Padua; earned doctorate in law in 1535; returned to Toulouse where he taught civil law; in 1545 took a post at Valence, then in 1550 he went to Ferrara; returned to France after the death of his spouse in 1552; became counseiller to the parlement de Toulouse; acted as a magistrate; embraced Calvinism; imprisoned in Toulouse after Saint-Barthélemy massacre, where he was among those was killed by a group of Catholic extremists; author of commentaries on the Digest and Code, as well as on French law) Bibliothèque nationale de France, online authority file, viewed May 11, 2021 (Coras, Jean de (1515-1572); born 1515-12-03, Réalmont (Tarn); died 1572-10-04, Toulouse (Haute-Garonne); jurisconsult; Conseiller au Parlement de Toulouse; variant names: Corasius, Joannes (1515-1572)) <https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12136420d> |
| Associated language | lat fre |
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