Jean Papire Masson Explained
Jean Papire Masson Latin: Papirius[1] (1544 in Saint-Germain-Laval, Loire - 1611) was a French humanist historian, known also as a geographer, biographer, literary critic and jurist.
Life
Masson was initially a Jesuit, but left the Society.[2] He studied law at Angers under François Baudouin around 1570.[3] He became close to the circle of Catherine de' Medici, particularly to Carlo Boni, and became professor of law at Angers, where Boni was bishop.[4] Later he was librarian to the Chevalier de Chiverny, was avocat to the Parlement of Paris, and married.[2]
Works
He defended Antoine Matharel against François Hotman.[5] He may in fact have written much of Matharel's Responsio (1575) to Hotman's monarchomach work Francogallia.[6] [7] The debate became a pamphlet war and slanging match.[8]
The Latin life of John Calvin attributed to Masson had a reputation in its time as fair-minded.[9]
Masson discovered a manuscript of Agobard in 1604, and edited it.[10]
Notes and References
- Also Jean Papyre Masson
- Book: Jean Antoine Rigoley de Juvigny. François Grudé de La Croix Du Maine . Antoine Du Verdier . Bernard de La Monnoye . Bibliothèque Françoise De La Croix Du Maine . 2 . 1772 . Paris . Saillant & Nyon / Lambert . 217.
- Book: Randall C. Zachman. John Calvin and Roman Catholicism: Critique and Engagement, Then and Now. 28 July 2012. 1 September 2008. Baker Academic. 978-0-8010-3597-5. 34–5.
- Book: Henry Heller. Anti-Italianism in Sixteenth-Century France. 28 July 2012. 2003. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-3689-6. 118.
- Book: Quentin Skinner. Quentin Skinner. The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: The Age of Reformation. 28 July 2012. 30 November 1978. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-29435-5. 318. 2.
- Book: François Hotman. Ralph E. Giesey. J. H. M. Salmon. Francogallia. 28 July 2012. 10 June 2010. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-15318-8. 77.
- Book: Denis Pallier. Recherches sur l'imprimerie à Paris pendant la Ligue, 1585-1594. 28 July 2012. 1975. Librairie Droz. 978-2-600-03432-6. 46 note 29. fr.
- Book: Paul-Alexis Mellet. Les Traités Monarchomaques: Confusion des Temps, Résistance Armée et Monarchie Parfaite, 1560-1600. 28 July 2012. 2007. Librairie Droz. 978-2-600-01139-6. 340–1. fr.
- Book: Irena Dorota Backus. Life Writing in Reformation Europe: Lives of Reformers by Friends, Disciples and Foes. 28 July 2012. 2008. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-0-7546-6055-2. 220.
- Book: Courtney M. Booker. Past Convictions: The Penance of Louis the Pious and the Decline of the Carolingians. 28 July 2012. 12 August 2009. University of Pennsylvania Press. 978-0-8122-4168-6. 321.
