various journeys. With the death of Maximilian II in 1576 his connection with the court of Vienna was dissolved. The bitter feelings against him as the friend of Melanchthon and a Calvinist caused him to ask for dismissal from the court. The elector granted his desire, but continued his salary. In 1577 he went to Cologne in order to be nearer to the Netherlands, as he was greatly attracted by William of Orange. Works Languet is one possible candidate for the authorship of the influential Huguenot pamphlet, Vindiciae contra tyrannos (1579). The book is divided into four parts each of which proposes and answers a question: Must God in a case of dispute be obeyed rather than a ruler? May a ruler who violates the law of God and devastates the Church, be opposed? How far, and with what right may it be allowed to oppose a ruler who suppresses or destroys the state? Have neighboring rulers a right to assist the subjects oppressed by his ruler? Notes References The correspondence with the Elector August of Saxony and with Mordeisen were edited by T. P. Ludovicus under the title Arcana seculi xvi. (Halle, 1699). Other collections of letters are Epistolae politicae et historicae ad P. Sydnaeum (Frankfort, 1633); Epistolae ad J. Camerarium, Patrem et filium (Groningen, 1646). Béatrice Nicollier : Hubert Languet (1518 - 1581) : un réseau politique international de Mélanchthon à Guillaume D'Orange, Ed. Droz, 1995, 1518 births 1581 deaths French Calvinist and Reformed Christians 16th-century French diplomats 16th-century Calvinist and Reformed Christians People from Montbard