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Nicholas Rémy

1530 - 1612

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Nicholas Rémy, Latin Remigius (1530–1616) was a French magistrate who claimed in his book to have overseen the execution of more than 800 witches and the torture or persecution of a similar number. His work shows much influence from Jean Bodin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Rémy is the 2,794th most popular writer (up from 3,624th in 2019), the 3,012th most popular biography from France (up from 3,642nd in 2019) and the 383rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicholas Rémy ranks 2,794 out of 7,302Before him are Vince Gilligan, Nemesianus, Ada Negri, Vilis Lācis, Ibn Manzur, and Robert Kerr. After him are Branko Radičević, Yury Yakovlev, Isaac Deutscher, John Webster, Edward Bellamy, and Oscar Cullmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Nicholas Rémy ranks 21Before him are Starina Novak, Giambattista Benedetti, Ranuccio Farnese, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Symon Budny, and Ōtomo Sōrin. After him are Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, and John Shakespeare. Among people deceased in 1612, Nicholas Rémy ranks 21Before him are Giovanni Battista Guarini, Ernest of Bavaria, Piotr Skarga, False Dmitry III, Leonardo Donato, and Giovanni de' Bardi. After him are Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Arima Harunobu, Konoe Sakihisa, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, and Juan de la Cueva.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicholas Rémy ranks 3,012 out of 6,770Before him are Michel Blavet (1700), Guillaume Depardieu (1971), Christian d'Oriola (1928), Pierre Berthier (1782), Salomon, King of Brittany (900), and Patrick Battiston (1957). After him are David Kimhi (1160), Claude Lefort (1924), Oscar Cullmann (1902), Nicolas Lemery (1645), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), and Olivier Panis (1966).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Nicholas Rémy ranks 383Before him are Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Bonaventure des Périers (1510), Maurice de Guérin (1810), Gustave Kahn (1859), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), and Sextus Pompeius Festus (150). After him are Oscar Cullmann (1902), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Guiraut Riquier (1230), Jules Vallès (1832), Catulle Mendès (1841), and Hilaire Belloc (1870).