See also:

• HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)

HUBERT See also:

• HUBERT LANGUET (1518-1581)

LANGUET (1518-1581)  , See also:

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

French Huguenot writer and diplomat, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Vitteaux in See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, of which See also:

• TOWN

town his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor . He received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education from a distinguished Hellenist, See also:

• JEAN

Jean Perelle, and displayed remarkable ability in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin . He 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, See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science at the university of See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers from 1536 to 1539; then, after some travel, attended the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna and See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, receiving the doctorate from the latter in 1548, At Bologna he read See also:

• MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon's Loci communes theologiae and was so impressed by it that in 1549 he went to See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg to see the author, and shortly afterwards became a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant . He made his headquarters at Wittenberg until the See also:

• DEATH

death of Melanchthon in 156o, although during that See also:

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

period, as well as throughout the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life, he travelled extensively in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, and even See also:

• FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland and See also:

• LAPLAND, or LAPPLAND

Lapland . In 1557 he declined the invitation of Gustavus I. to enter the service of Sweden, but two years later accepted a similar invitation of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus I., elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . He showed See also:

• GREAT

great ability in See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy, particularly in organizing the Protestants . He represented the elector at the French See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court from 1561 to 1J72 except when the religious and See also:

• POLITICAL

political troubles in France occasionally compelled him temporarily to withdraw . He performed many See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions for the elector, and in 1567 accompanied him to the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha . He delivered a violent harangue before See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles IX. of France in 1570 on behalf of the Protestant princes, and escaped death on St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew's 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 (1572) only through the intervention of Jean de Morvilliers, the moderate and influential See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of 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 . He represented the elector of Saxony at the imperial court from 1573 to 1577 . See also:

• FINANCIAL

Financial embarrassment and disgust at the Protestant controversies in which he was forced to participate caused him to seek recall from the imperial court . His See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request being granted, See also:

• LANGUET, HUBERT (1518-1581)

Languet spent the last years of his life mainly in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, and though nominally still in the service of the elector, he undertook a See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Casimir of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria and was a valuable adviser to See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William the Silent, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange .

Languet died at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp on the 3oth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1581 . His See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence is important for the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and twenty-nine letters to Augustus of Saxony dating from the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1565 to the 8th of September 1581, and one hundred and eleven letters to the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor Mordeisen dating from November 1559 to the summer of 1565, are preserved in MS. in the Saxon archives, and were published by Ludovicus at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle in 1699 See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

miller the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Arcana seculi decimi sexti . One hundred and eight letters to See also:

• CAMERARIUS, JOACHIM (1500-1574)
• CAMERARIUS, JOACHIM (1534-1598)
• CAMERARIUS, RUDOLF JAKOB (1665–1721)

Camerarius were published at See also:

• GRONINGEN

Groningen in 1646 under the title Langueti Epistolae ad Joach . Camerarium, patrem el filium; and ninety-six to his great friend See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney, dating from the 22nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1573 to the 28th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 158o, appeared at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort in 1633 and have been translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English by S . A . See also:

• PEARS

Pears (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1845) . The Historica Descriptio of the siege and See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Gotha appeared in 1568 and has been translated into French and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German . The authorship of the See also:

• WORK

work by which Languet is best known has been disputed . It is entitled Vindiciae contra tyrannos, sive de principis in populum populique in principem legitima potestate, See also:

• STEPHAN, HEINRICH VON (1831-1897)

Stephan(' Junio Bruto Celia auctore, and is thought to have been published at See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel (1579) See also:

• LANIER, SIDNEY (1842–1881)

LANIER 181 although it bears the imprint of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . It has been attributed to See also:

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

Beza, See also:

• HOTMAN, FRANCOIS (1524-1590)

Hotman, See also:

• CASAUBON, FLORENCE ESTIENNE
• CASAUBON, ISAAC (1559-1614)

Casaubon and Duplessis-See also:

• MORNAY, PHILIPPE DE (1549-1623)

Mornay, by See also:

• DIVERS

divers writers on various grounds—to the last-named on the very respectable authority of See also:

• GROTIUS, HUGO (1583-1645)

Grotius . The authorship of Languet was supported by See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• BAYLE, PIERRE (1647-1706)

Bayle (for reasons stated in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a supplement to the Dictionnaire) and confirmed by practically all later writers .

The work has been frequently reprinted, the See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig edition (1846) containing a life of Languet by See also:

• TREITSCHKE, HEINRICH VON (1834-1896)

Treitschke . A French See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation appeared in 1581 and an English translation in 1689 . The work upholds the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of resistance, but affirms that resistance must come from properly constituted authorities and See also:

• OBJECTS

objects to anything which savours of anabaptism or other extreme views . The Apologie ou See also:

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

defence du See also:

• TEES

tees illustre Prince See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume contre le See also:

• BAN

ban et l'edit du roi d'Espagne (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1581) is sometimes attributed to Languet . There seems little doubt, however, that it was really the work of the prince himself, with the help either of Languet (Groen See also:

• VAN

van Prinsterer, Archives) or of See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre de See also:

• VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers (See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

Motley, Rise of the Dutch See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic; and Blok, History of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands) . See Ph. de la See also:

• MARE

Mare, See also:

• VIE

Vie d'See also:

• HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)

Hubert Languet (Halle, 1700) ; E. and E . Haag, La France protestante; H . See also:

• CHEVREUL, MICHEL EUGENE (1786-1889)

Chevreul, Hubert Languet (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 . 1852); J . Blasel, Hubert Languet (See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 1872); O . Scholz, Hubert Languet als kursachsischer Berichterstatter u . Gesandter in Frankreich wahrend 1560–1572 (Halle, 1875) ; G .

Touchard, De politica Huberti Langueti (Paris, 1898) . There is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on Languet by P . Tschackert in Hauck's Real-Encyklopadie, 3rd ed., xi . 274-280 .