Nicolas Vignier (1530–1596) was a French lawyer, historiographer and theologian.
Life
He was born in
Bar-sur-Seine, in the modern-day
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Aube, in 1530. He died in 1596.
He initially trained to be a doctor; but after conversion to Catholicism, became personal historiographer to
Henry III of France
Henry III (french: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; pl, Henryk Walezy; lt, Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of ...
.
After his death, his works were printed by his son,
Nicolas Vignier Jr.
Works
* ''Traicté de l'ancien estat de la petite Bretagne, et du droict de la couronne de France sur icelle. Contre les faussetez et calomnies des deux histoires de Bretagne, composées par le feu Sr.
Bertrand d'Argentré
Bertrand d'Argentré (or Argentraeus) (19 May 1519 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine – 13 February 1590) was a Breton jurist and historian.
Argentraeus was born the son of Pierre d'Argentré, seneschal of Rennes, and the nephew of historian Pierre L ...
, président au siège de
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
''. À
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 ...
, chez
Adrian Périer, 1619.
* ''Summary of the history of Francis according to the order of time in four books, the historial extraicts Library Nicolas Vignier ... with traicté origin, estat and remains of François, Paris, S. Nivelle, 1579.''
* ''Of nobility, age, remarks and honor the merits of the third house of France, Paris, 1587.''
* ''The splendor of the ancient Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. With a treatise on the year and month. In Paris, in A. The Angelier, 1588 ;''
See also
:fr:Nicolas Vignier fils, the article in French Wikipedia about his son
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1530 births
1596 deaths
People from Bar-sur-Seine
Place of death unknown
French historiographers