Landscape of Poitiers in 1569, besieged by the Protestant army of Gaspard de Coligny.

Maixent Poitevin (a.k.a. Maixent de La Bidollière), was a 16th Century French squire and jurist. [1]

Barrister and alderman (avocat and echevin) of Poitiers in Poitou, France since September 9, 1559, he eventually became mayor of the town in 1564. He served two one-year terms. [2]

But he had gone down in history for his role as the town's captain when it was besieged in 1569 during the French Wars of Religion - his idea of overflowing the Clain allowed Catholics to keep the city under control. [3]

La Bidollière, died after 1595, was brother of the poet Jean Poitevin.

Citations

  1. ↑ Rédet 1883, p. 126.
  2. ↑ Bernstein 2004, p. 40-41.
  3. ↑ Liberge 1846, p. 237-238.

Sources

  • Bernstein, Hilary J. (2004). Between Crown and Community: Politics and Civic Culture in Sixteenth-century Poitiers. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801442346.
  • Liberge, Marin (1846). Le Siège de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Létang.
  • Rédet, Louis (1883). Inventaire des Archives de la ville de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest (Poitiers, France).


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