Jean Gerson

Jean Charlier de Gerson (December 13, 1363 - July 12, 1429) was a French scholar, educator, reformer, and poet, Chancellor of the University of Paris, a guiding light of the conciliar movementand one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance. He was one of the first thinkers to develop what would later come to be called natural rights theory, and was also one of the first individuals to defend Joan of Arc and proclaim her supernatural vocation as authentic.
Category:Last Name Gerson
Category:Born 1363
Category:Died 1429