«Mos gallicus edo Humanismo juridikoaren bi ordezkari»: Denis eta Jacques Godefroy

TAMAYO ERRAZQUIN, José Ángel

Publication year:

2005

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-1951

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Summary

Jacques Godefroy, son of Denis, graduated in various traditionally humanistic universities of those times. Both the father and the son were to become professors of Law and discoverers and publishers of classical works. We owe the father a much-used edition of the Corpus Iuris Civilis, and we owe the son the reconstruction and edition of the Codex Theodosianus, which is still an instrument of work for specialists. They also participated in administrative activities in positions of responsibility, and also dedicated their lives to local history and political critique, following the style of other humanists. They set the bases for future scientific reflection.