Jean Poldo d'Albenas

Jean Poldo d'Albenas
Jean Poldo d'Albenas
Born	1512
Died	1563 (aged 50–51)
Occupations	Writer, Lawyer

Jean Poldo d’Albenas (1512–1563) was the King's Counsel in Nîmes (France), and contributed to the spread of Calvinism in his home town of Nîmes.

Title page of *Discours historial de l’antique et illustre cité de Nismes*

Work

He produced, among other works, a Discours historial de l’antique et illustre cité de Nismes (1557) in French, which his contemporaries apparently found difficult to read; it is considered to contain useful research material for historians.^[1] He was also a lawyer at the Parliament of Toulouse.

Bibliography

Michaud, Louis-Gabriel (1811). " Albenas (Jean Poldo d') ", Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne (in French). Vol. I. pp. 393–394.
Larousse, Pierre (1866). " Albenas (Jean Poldo d') ", Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (in French). Vol. I. p. 171.

References

↑ Frédérique Lemerle (2002). "Jean Poldo d'Albenas (1512- 1563), un antiquaire " studieux d'architecture "" (in French). Persée. Retrieved February 11, 2013.

[1] Frédérique Lemerle (2002). "Jean Poldo d'Albenas (1512- 1563), un antiquaire " studieux d'architecture "" (in French). Persée. Retrieved February 11, 2013.

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