Letters and Letter Fragments

During the reigns of Louis XII and Francis I, Jean de Pins served as a senator in the French parliaments of Toulouse and Milan, as an ambassador in Venice and Rome, and as bishop of Rieux. Containing over 130 letters and letter fragments, this edition of his correspondence offers readers a unique perspective on some forty years of French history. Its pages reveal the diversity of de Pins’ dealings, not only with leaders of European humanism, but also with the architects of French diplomacy, members of parliament, legal officers and Church dignitaries of his era.