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Barthole, Jurisconsult

Barthole, a jurisconsult who died in Perugia in 1356, began organizing jurisprudence but retained the peculiarities of his century in some of his works. Notably, he imagined a trial between the Holy Virgin and the Devil, judged by Jesus Christ. In this fictional trial, both parties presented their arguments, with the Devil seeking humanity’s subjugation … Read more