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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Godefroy , family of French scholars. Denis Godefroy, 1549-1622, was a Calvinist who fled (c.1580) to Geneva and later became a professor of law at Strasbourg and Heidelberg. He compiled an edition (1583) of the Corpus Juris Civilis, which may be called the first modern edition. His son, Théodore Godefroy, 1580-1649, became a Roman Catholic, was royal historiographer of France, and took part in the negotiation of the Peace of Westphalia. Another son, Jacques Godefroy, 1587-1622, remained a Calvinist and was professor of law at Geneva. His edition of the Theodosian Code (1665) is one of the masterpieces of legal scholarship.

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