Daniel de Priézac (1590 – May 1662) was a French writer and jurist.

Life

Priézac was born in

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. Graduating as doctor of law in

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in 1614, he was professor of

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

and conseiller d'État. He was elected to the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

in 1639 as a founder member. He wrote the ''Défence des droits et prérogatives des roys de France, contre Alexandre-Patrice Armacan, théologien'' (''Defence of the rights and prerogatives of the kings of France, against Alexandre-Patrice Armacan, theologian''), first published in Latin in 1639, then in French the following year, in which he argued that

cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ...

, by proclaiming the supremacy of royal power and defending France's interests, was only defending the power and interests of the

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. Besides political discourses he published in 1652-54, Daniel de Priézac left behind his ''Paraphrases sur les Psaumes'' (''Paraphrases on the

Psalms The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...

'') and a work entitled ''Les Privilèges de la Vierge Mère de Dieu'' (''The Privileges of the Virgin Mother of God''), published in 1648.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Priezac 1590 births 1662 deaths 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers 17th-century French lawyers Members of the Académie Française