See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

ETIENNE See also:

• ETIENNE PASQUIER (1529-1615)
• PASQUIER, ETIENNE DENIS

PASQUIER (1529-1615)  , See also:

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

French lawyer and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at 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, on the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1529 by his own See also:

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

account, according to others a See also:

• YEAR

year earlier . He was called to the Paris See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1549 . In 1558 he became very See also:

• ILL

ill through eating poisonous mushrooms, and did not recover fully for two years . This compelled him to occupy himself by See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work, and in 156o he published the first See also:

• BOOK

book of his Recherches de la See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1565, when he was See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-seven, his fame was established by a See also:

• GREAT

great speech still extant, in which he pleaded the cause of the university of Paris against the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits, and won it . Meanwhile he pursued the Recherches steadily, and published from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time much See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous work . His literary and his legal occupations coincided in a curious See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion at the Grands Jours of See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers in 1579 . These Grands Jours (an institution which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into desuetude at the end of the 17th See also:

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

century, with See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad effects on the social and See also:

• POLITICAL

political welfare of the French provinces) were a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of irregular See also:

• ASSIZE

assize in which a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Paris, selected and despatched at See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• NOTICE

notice by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, had full See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to hear and determine all causes, especially those in which seignorial rights had been abused . At the Grands Jours of Poitiers of the date mentioned, and at those of See also:

• TROYES

Troyes in 1583, See also:

• PASQUIER, ETIENNE (1529-1615)
• PASQUIER, ETIENNE DENIS

Pasquier officiated; and each occasion has See also:

• LEFT

left a curious literary memorial of the jests with which he and his colleagues relieved their graver duties . The Poitiers work was the celebrated collection of poems on a See also:

• FLEA (O. Eng. fleah, or flea, cognate with flee, to run away from, to take flight)

flea (see See also:

• SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843)

Southey's See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor) . In 1585 Pasquier was appointed by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III. See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general at the Paris cours See also:

• DES

des comptes, an important See also:

• BODY

body having political as well as See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial and legal functions . Here he distinguished himself particularly by opposing, sometimes successfully, the mischievous See also:

• SYSTEM

system of selling hereditary places and offices, which more perhaps than any single thing was the curse of the older French See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy .

The See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WARS

wars compelled Pasquier to leave Paris and for some years he lived at See also:

• TOURS

Tours, working steadily at his great book, but he returned to Paris in Henry IV.'s See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1594 . He continued until 1604 at his work in the chambre des comptes; then he retired . He survived this retirement more than ten years, producing much literary work, and died after a few See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' illness on the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1615 . In so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and so laborious a See also:

• LIFE

life Pasquier's work was naturally considerable, and it has never been fully collected or indeed printed . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard edition is that of See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam (2 vols. fol., 1723) . But for See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary readers the selections of See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon Feugere, published at Paris (2 vols . 8vo, 1849), with an elaborate introduction, are most accessible . As a poet Pasquier is chiefly interesting as a See also:

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

minor member of the Pleiade See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement . As a See also:

• PROSE

prose writer he is of much more account . The three See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief divisions of his prose work are his Recherches, his letters and his professional speeches . The letters are of much See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• INTEREST

interest and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical importance, and the Recherches contain in a somewhat miscellaneous fashion invaluable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on a vast variety of subjects, literary, political, antiquarian and other .