Bodin was successively a friar, academic, professional lawyer, and political adviser. An excursion as a politician having proved a failure, he lived out his life as a provincial 展开

Bodin's conception of sovereignty was widely adopted in Europe. In a form simplified and adapted by others, such as the French jurists 展开

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• Everdell, William R., "From State to Free-State The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams"
• "Jean Bodin". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 展开

Bodin generally wrote in French, with later Latin translations. Several of the works have been seen as influenced by Ramism, at least in terms of structure.
Bodin wrote in turn books on history, economics, politics, demonology, and natural philosophy; and … 展开

Law and politics
Bodin became well known for his analysis of sovereignty, which he took to be indivisible, and to involve full legislative powers (though with qualifications and caveats). With François Hotman (1524–1590) and 展开

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1. ^ Howell A. Lloyd, Jean Bodin, Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 36.
2. ^ Jean Bodin and the Sixteenth-century Revolution in the Methodology of Law and History. Columbia University Press. 1963. ISBN 978-0-231-91664-6. 展开