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nor will exist. He said they are vain imaginations and
"phantasies" of philosophers to occupy their time and exercise
their wits. He considered that England is governed
differently. His book contains the traditional medieval
Germanic and Parliamentary elements in English life (pp. 15,
65).
Cardinal Pole had been in favor of Roman civil law,
and a commentary attempting to win him to King Henry's point
of view in the divorce matter, which failed, terms the laws of
the Normans as barbarous (p. 44). Montaigne's term farouche
may refer to the basis of English law in Guyenne as a former
English territory.
Montaigne was not in favor of the Roman civil law,
and when he says the pagan authors insinuate themselves, it
may be a reference to those described by Pasguier.
Le si^cle de I'an mil cing cens nous
apporta une nouvelle estude de loix gui
fut de faire un mariage de 1'estude du droict
avec les lettres humaines par un langage latin
net et poly: et trouve trois premiers
entrepreneurs de ce nouveau mesnage,
Guillaume Bude, Andre Alciat, Italien,
Udaric Zaze Alleman (p. 6).
Every magistrate would have been aware of the changes in
France, and the endless controversies in regard to
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