The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Jean Bodin (1530 - 1596)
French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris. His major political work was the Six livres de la république (1576), published in an English translation in 1606. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bodin Authority - early modernRelevant locations: Residence at France, Europe
References in Documents:
Bargrave's Travel Diary (Canterbury Cathedral CCA U11/8)
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gaudy amongst strangers, it is as if one shold
light a candle to the Sunn.