François Pollet

François Pollet
Born	Douai, Walloon Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Died	Douai, Walloon Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Occupation	lawyer
Language	Latin
Alma mater	Leuven University
Genre	legal history
Subject	Roman institutions
Literary movement	Renaissance humanism
Notable works	Historia Fori Romani (1576)

François Pollet (died around 1547) was a lawyer from Douai, then in the County of Flanders (Habsburg Netherlands).

Life

Pollet studied law at Leuven University and for a number of years became a lecturer in law at the University of Paris. He was then called to the bar, and returned to his native Douai, where he married and maintained a legal practice. He died young, leaving the incomplete manuscript of a study of Roman legal institutions. His work was later edited and put into print by his son-in-law, Philippe Broïde, a member of the city council of Douai.

Publications

• Historia Fori Romani (Douai, Jan Bogard, 1576) Available on Google Books