WRITER

Pierre Pithou

1539 - 1596

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Pierre Pithou (1 November 1539 – 1 November 1596) was a French lawyer and scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Pithou has received more than 21,741 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Pithou is the 4,432nd most popular writer (down from 4,021st in 2019), the 4,153rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,744th in 2019) and the 531st most popular French Writer.

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Notable Works

Corpus Juris Canonici; Volume 1
Preuves des libertez de l'Eglise gallicane
Catholic Church, Church and state, Church history
Pervigilium Veneris
Historiae Francorvm ab anno Christi DCCCC ad Ann. M.CC.LXXXV scriptores veteres XI
Sources, History
Petri Pithoei Opera, sacra, iuridica, historica, miscellanea
Gallicanism, Theology, Canon law
Epigrammata et poematia vetera
Latin poetry, Epigrams, Classical poetry

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Pithou ranks 4,432 out of 7,302Before him are Friedebert Tuglas, Brian Herbert, Atiq Rahimi, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, and Archpoet. After him are Yoshiki Tanaka, Laurence J. Peter, Duncan Regehr, Jakob Balde, Sophie Kinsella, and Jafar Jabbarly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Pierre Pithou ranks 20Before him are Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Salima Sultan Begum, Yi San-hae, Humphrey Gilbert, Nicolò Donato, and Olivier de Serres.  Among people deceased in 1596, Pierre Pithou ranks 10Before him are Koca Sinan Pasha, Blaise de Vigenère, George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Hamnet Shakespeare, and Giaches de Wert. After him is George Peele.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Pithou ranks 4,153 out of 6,770Before him are Christine Delphy (1941), Stanislas Julien (1797), Jean-Luc Ettori (1955), Pierre Omidyar (1967), Amélie Mauresmo (1979), and Alberto Palacio (1856). After him are Jakob Balde (1604), Sébastien Ogier (1983), Pierre Emmanuel (1916), François Migault (1944), Pierre Chaunu (1923), and Claudine Longet (1942).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Pithou ranks 531Before him are Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), Louis Hémon (1880), Pierre Mac Orlan (1882), Jean-Richard Bloch (1884), Olivier de Serres (1539), and Stanislas Julien (1797). After him are Jakob Balde (1604), Pierre Emmanuel (1916), Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592), Louis Henri Boussenard (1847), and Claude Mauriac (1914).