Gabriel Mudaeus

Gabriel Mudaeus (c. 1500, Brecht – 21 April 1560, Leuven), born Gabriël van der Muyden, was a Flemish jurist and humanist who revived the study of law in Belgium.

De contractibus, 1586

As a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Louvain, Mudaeus introduced the Erasmian method of research into a field that had been dominated exclusively by tradition; among his pupils were François Baudouin, Jacob Reyvaert (Raevardus), and Matthew Wesenbeck.

Works

• De contractibus (in Latin). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Schmidt. 1586.

References

• R. C. Van Caenegem, D. E. L. Johnston. An Historical Introduction to Private Law. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
• David M. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law. Oxford University Press, 1980.