See also:

• BEZA (DE BESZE), THEODORE (1519—1605)

BEZA (DE BESZE), See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

THEODORE (1519—1605)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French theologian, son of bailli See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre de Besze, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Vezelai,See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, on the 24th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1519 . Of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good descent, his parents were known for generous piety . He owed his See also:

• EDUCATION

education to an See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas de Besze, counsellor of the See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement, who placed him (1529) under Melchior-Wolmar at See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, and later at See also:

• BOURGES

Bourges . Wolmar, who had taught See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek to See also:

• CALVIN, JOHN (1509-1564)

Calvin, grounded See also:

• BEZA (DE BESZE), THEODORE (1519—1605)

Beza in Scripture from a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant standpoint; after his return to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany (1534) Beza studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at Orleans (May 1535 to See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1539), beginning practice in Paris (1539) as law licentiate . To this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period belong his exercises in Latin See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, in the loose See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, foolishly published by him as Juvenilia in 1548 . Though not in orders, he held two benefices . A severe illness wrought a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change; he married his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress, See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude Desnoz, and joined the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Calvin at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1548) . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1549 he was appointed Greek See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at See also:

• LAUSANNE

Lausanne, where he acted as Calvin's See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant in various publications, including his See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the burning of See also:

• SERVETUS, MICHAEL [MIGUEL SERVETO] (1511-1553)

Servetus, De Haereticis a civili magistratu puniendis (1554)• In 1558 he became professor in the Geneva See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, where his career was brilliant . His conspicuous ability was shown in the abortive Colloquy of See also:

• POISSY
• POISSY, COLLOQUY OF

Poissy (1561) . On Calvin's See also:

• DEATH

death (1564) See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie became his biographer and administrative successor . As a historian, Beza, by his See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological inexactitude, has been the source of serious mistakes; as an See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, he softened the rigour of Calvin . His See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and Latin versions of the New Testament had a marked See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the See also:

• ENGLISH

English versions of Geneva (1557 and 156o) and See also:

• LONDON

London (1611) .

The famous codex D. was presented by him (1581) tb See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge University, with a characteristically dubious See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript . His See also:

• WORKS

works are very numerous, but of little moment, except those already mentioned . He resigned his offices in 1600, and died on the 13th of October 1605 . He had taken a second wife (1588), See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine del Piano, a widow, but See also:

• LEFT

left no issue . He was not the author of the Histoire ecclesiastique (158o), sometimes ascribed to him; nor, probably, of the vulgar skit published under the name of See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict Panavantius (1J51) . See Laingaeus, De Vita et Moribus (1585, calumnious) ; See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine la Faye, De Vita et Obitu (1606, eulogistic) ; See also:

• SCHLOSSER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1776—1861)

Schlosser, Leben (18o6); Baum, Th . Reza, portrait (1843–1851); He pe, Leben (1861) . (A .