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Gentili, Alberico (1552–1608) |
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An Italian lawyer of Protestant conviction who in 1580 sought refuge from the Inquisition in the England of Elizabeth I. He found employment at Oxford University and from 1587 until 1600 was Regius Professor of Civil Law. His chief interest for students of diplomacy is his remarkable work De Legationibus Libri Tres, which has been justly described by Peter Haggenmacher as ‘undoubtedly the first successful attempt to encompass diplomatic law as a coherent whole’. Published in 1585, it was inspired by his involvement in the case of the Spanish ambassador, Don Bernadino de Mendoza, who had been accused in the previous year of complicity in the Throckmorton plot against the queen. Contrary to the view of Elizabeth\'s privy council, who wished to punish Don Bernadino, Gentili, together with Hotman, held that the ambassador\'s status gave him immunity. This was accepted and he was simply expelled from the country. Thereafter Gentili\'s work focused on the law of war. He is generally believed to have been a considerable influence on the thought of Grotius. |
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