Diodorus Tuldenus, born Theodoor van Tulden (died 16 November, 1645) was regius professor of Civil Law at the University of Leuven.

Life

Tuldenus was born in

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at an unknown date in the late 16th century, the son of Nicolas Van Tulden, a lawyer who served on the city council.Paul Bergmans, "Tulden (Théodore Van)", ''

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vol. 25
(Brussels, 1932), 833-835. He then attended the University of Leuven, where he studied moral and political philosophy under

Erycius Puteanus Erycius Puteanus (4 November 1574 – 17 September 1646) was a humanist and philologist from the Low Countries. Name Erycius Puteanus is a latinization of his name, which was rendered in various ways, including Hendrick van den Putte (Put, Putt ...

and thereafter law. Graduating in 1615, he returned to 's-Hertogenbosch and joined the city administration. In 1620 he obtained the chair in civil law at the university, with dispensation for his lack of a doctorate. He obtained the doctorate of law in 1633. In 1645 he was appointed to the

Great Council of Mechelen From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: ''De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen''; French: ''le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines''; German: ''der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln'') w ...

, the highest court of appeal in the

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. He died in

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on 16 November 1645, only four months after taking up the position. He was married to Catherine-Claire van Grevenbroeck, and one of their sons, Florent Tuldenus, later himself became a councillor of the Great Council.

Works

* ''Dissertationum Socraticarum libri duo''. Leuven, 1620. * ''De principiis jurisprudentiae libri quatuor''. Leuven, P. Dormalius, 1621 * ''Ad Institutionum juris civilis Imperatoris Justiniani libros quatuor commentarius''. Leuven, 1622. A commentary on the

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, dedicated to

Jacobus Boonen Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655) was the sixth Bishop of Ghent (1617–1620) and the fourth Archbishop of Mechelen (1621–1655). Life Born at Antwerp on 11 October 1573, Boonen studied at the University of Leuven from 1587 to 1595 and began a leg ...

. * ''De causis corruptorum judiciorum et remediis libri quatuor''. Cologne, 1624. Dedicated to the

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. * ''De jurisprudentia extemporali sive series regularum''. 2 vols., Leuven, 1628-1629. * ''De cognitione sui libri quinque''. Leuven, 1630. Dedicated to

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city council. * ''Initiamenta jurisprudentiae tredecim orationibus auspicalibus comprehensa''. Leuven, 1633. Dedicated to Frans I van Kinschot. * ''Commentarius ad codicem Justinianeum''. Louvain, 1651. A commentary on the

Codex Justinianus The Code of Justinian ( la, Codex Justinianus, or ) is one part of the ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century AD by Justinian I, who was Eastern Roman emperor in Constantinople. Two other units, t ...

. * ''Opera omnia''. 4 vols., Leuven, Gilles Denique, 1702–1712.

Editions

Commentary on the ''Institutes''
(1628 edition) on Google Books
Commentary on the ''Codex Justinianus''
(1650 edition) on Google Books * * * * * * * * *

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuldenus, Diodorus Year of birth unknown 1645 deaths People from 's-Hertogenbosch 17th-century Latin-language writers Academic staff of the Old University of Leuven Scholars of Roman law Dutch legal scholars Belgian legal scholars