Paulus Aemilius Veronensis (Italian: Paolo Emilio da Verona) (c. 1455 – 1529) was an Italian

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. He was born in

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. He obtained such a reputation in his own country that he was invited to France c. 1489 in the reign of Charles VIII, in order to write in Latin the history of the kings of France, and was presented to a

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. He enjoyed the patronage and support of

Louis XII Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples (as Louis III) from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second ...

. He died in Paris on 5 May 1529, before he could finish this work. His work ''De Rebus gestis Francorum'' was translated into French in 1581, and has also been translated into Italian and German.

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University of Glasgow catalogue entry on ''In Franciæ Antiqvitatem Libri Tres'' with link to images
Aemilius, Paulus Aemilius, Paulus Aemilius, Paulus 15th-century Italian writers 16th-century Italian writers 16th-century writers in Latin 16th-century Italian historians 16th-century Italian male writers Italian male non-fiction writers Italian Renaissance humanists {{Italy-historian-stub