Claude de Seyssel
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Claude de Seyssel was a Savoyard jurist and humanist, now known for his political writings. He wrote La Grande Monarchie de France as a supporter of the French crown, in the person of Louis XII. Writt
Portrait of Claude de Seyssel presenting to King Louis XII of France the French translation of the book by Thucydides.
Image from La Grande Monarchie de France, Paris, 1519
Portrait of Claude de Seyssel, while writing; 1st sheet of La Victoire du Roy contre les Véniciens.
Archdiocese of Marseille
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The Archdiocese of Marseille is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archepiscopal see is in the city of Marseille, and the diocese comprises
Claude de Seyssel
…the new pope, Leo X. This was the apex of his diplomatic career. After the death of Louis XII in 1515, he gave up politics. The same year he was made bishop of Marseille. His best-known work, written at the instigation of King Francis I of France, was La grant monarchie de France (1518). He is considered as one of the…
Marseille Cathedral