Florimond de Raemond
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Florimond de Raemond (1540– 17 November 1601)[1] was a French jurist and antiquary. He is now known for a multi-volume history of recent events in France, written from a Roman Catholic point of view, and other popular works promoting the Counter-Reformation perspective against Protestant arguments. De Raemond was born in Agen and died in Bordeaux.[2]
His father was Robert Ier de Raymond, 2ème seigneur de Suquet (died in 1605) and his mother, née Marie de Saint-Gilis. De Raemond was a pupil of Petrus Ramus and a Protestant convert, but later reverted to Catholicism.[3] He was a friend of Montaigne and Blaise de Monluc.
