Droit au cœur de la science politique. Le 'Trésor'de Jean de Chokier, canoniste liégeois (1571-1656)
(2024) Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis — Vol. 92, n° 3-4, p. 440-469 (2024)
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- This article serves as a prolegomenon to further studies on the political and legal thought of Jean de Chokier (1571-1656). Trained in Roman law and canon law at the University of Orléans, he became one of the most prominent canon lawyers, political thinkers and humanist scholar of the Principality of Liège, an Imperial State situated in the Western part of the Holy Roman Empire. Author of major works in canon law, history and political science, he became vicar general of the Diocese of Liège under Prince-Bishops Ferdinand and Maximilian-Henri of Bavaria, successively. He belonged to the Neo-Stoic network around Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), the humanist jurist from Overijse. Inspired by this intellectual movement, Chokier published legal, political, historical and literary treatises alongside his duties as an ecclesiastical administrator. His life and writings reflect the osmosis between humanist erudition, political commitment and legal knowledge that characterized the careers of many of the great jurists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Considering that Chokier was foremostly trained as a canon lawyer and also professionally active in this domain, this article invites readers to take a fresh look at Chokier’s political and juridical œuvre from a canon law perspective.
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Decock, W. (2024). Droit au cœur de la science politique. Le ’Trésor’de Jean de Chokier, canoniste liégeois (1571-1656). Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 92(3-4), 440-469. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718190-20243407 (Original work published 2024)