Eguinaire François, Baron de Kerlouan (1495–1550) was a French jurist. He is also variously referred to as Baro, ''Eguinaire Baron'', ''Eguinarius Baro'', ''Eguinarius Baron'', ''Eguinar Baro'' or ''Eguin Baron''. Baro studied law in

Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Bourges Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry. History The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...

, probably with

Alciati Alciati is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Alciato, or Alciati (1492–1550) (Andreas Alciatus), Italian jurist * Dr. Gian Paolo Alciati della Motta (1515–1573) Italian Calvinist * Francesco Alciati (1522–1 ...

. He taught

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Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...

after 1538 and in 1542, with Douaren, in Bourges. Together with Budaeus, Alciati,

Connan Connan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * François Connan (1508–1551), French humanist jurist * Konnan (born 1964), the ring name of Charles Ashenoff, American pro-wrestler and rapper * Tom Connan (born 1995), singer and a ...

and others, Baro was among the founders of

Humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humani ...

jurisprudence in France. He was the first to refer to the ''ius gallicum'',

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, as such, and pioneered the use of paratitla, brief summaries of

Pandects The ''Digest'', also known as the Pandects ( la, Digesta seu Pandectae, adapted from grc, πανδέκτης , "all-containing"), is a name given to a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine e ...

titles, in his ''Ad Digesta seu Pandectas Manualium libri septem''. His other works include extensive commentaries and monographs on Roman and

feudal law Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...

Works

* ''Pandectarum juris civilis œconomia in adversariis miræ vetustatis apud Pictones inventa'', Poitiers, Jean et Enguilbert de Marnef, 1535. * ''Institutionum civilium ab Justiniano Cæsare editarum libri IV, bipartito commentario quam brevissime illustrati ; cujus pars altera Romanum, altera Gallicum jus ad singulos titulos complectitur ; ad illustriss. principem Navarr. reginam'', 1546 ; Poitiers, Jean et Enguilbert de Marnef, 1555. * ''Eguinarii Baronis jurisconsulti Variarum quæstionum publice tractatarum ad Digesta juris civilis I., de jurisdictione ; cui accessit decretum ordinis juris professorum apud Bituriges de ordine, via & ratione interpretandi juris'', Lyon,

Sébastien Gryphe Sebastian Gryphius (french: Sébastien Gryphe; c. 1492, in Reutlingen – 1556, in Lyon) was a German bookseller-printer and humanist. Biography He was the son of Michael Greyff (Greif, Gryff, Gryph), and learned from him the new craft of pri ...

, 1548. * ''Methodus ad Obertum Ortensium de beneficiis, in libros quattuor divisa : Tôn prôtôn, I ; De acquirendo beneficio, II ; De abalienando & amittendo vel contra, III ; De judiciis ad beneficia pertinentibus, IV'', Lyon,

, 1549. * * ''De ratione docendi discendique juris civilis'', 1552 ; Pisa, 1769–71.

References

* 16th-century French lawyers French Renaissance humanists 1495 births 1550 deaths French male non-fiction writers {{France-law-bio-stub