Jean Bodin (1530-1596) was a French jurist, member of the Parliament of Paris and professor of Law in Toulouse. He is considered by many to be the father of political science. He wrote several books, but the Inquisition condemned most of them because the author demonstrated evidently his sympathy for Calvinist theories, and Calvinists, called Huguenots in France were prosecuted by the Catholic church as other Protestant or Reformed Christian cults were in other Catholic countries. A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Pedro Berruguete. ... Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the 16th century, and further developed by his followers, associates and admirers. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ...

His books deserved opposite opinions: some French writers were his admirer, meanwhile Francis Hutchinson was his detractor, criticising his methodology. Bodin's written works contained several allusions to witch trials and the procedures that should be followed, gaining to him the reputation of a sanguinary man. Francis Hutchinson (1660-1739) was an English parson. ... There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with witch-hunt. ...

Bodin recommended torture even in cases of invalid people and children to confirm the practice of witchcraft. He asserted that not even one witch could be erroneously condemned if the correct procedures were followed, being enough in case of suspicion to torment the accused because rumours concerning witches were almost always true. The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg was a famous torture device Torture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. ... The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. ... This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ...

His most famous book was his 1576 treatise Six livres de Republique, which described hte sovereign as a ruler beyond human law and subject only to the divine or natural law. (Redirected from 1576 in literature) See also: 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature. ...