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Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (20 January 1664 – 6 January 1718) was an Italian man of letters and jurist. He was born at Roggiano Gravina, a small town near Cosenza, in Calabria.

Gian Vincenzo Gravina
Gian Vincenzo Gravina
Born	(1664-01-20)20 January 1664 Roggiano Gravina, Kingdom of Naples
Died	6 January 1718(1718-01-06) (aged 53) Rome, Papal States
Occupation	man of letters and jurist
Nationality	Italian
Period	17th century
Notable works	Origines juris civilis De Romano imperio

Biography

Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina was descended from a distinguished family, and under the direction of his maternal uncle, Gregorio Caloprese, who possessed some reputation as a poet and philosopher, received a learned education, after which he studied at Naples civil and Canon law. In 1689, he came to Rome, where in 1690, he united with several others of literary tastes in forming the Academy of Arcadians.

In 1699, he was appointed to the chair of civil law in the Roman college of La Sapienza, and in 1703, he was transferred to the chair of canon law. A schism occurred in the academy in 1711, and Gravina and his followers founded in opposition to it the Academy of Quirina. From Innocent XII Gravina received the offer of various ecclesiastical honors, but declined them from a disinclination to enter the clerical profession.

He died at Rome in January 1718. He was the adoptive father of Metastasio.

Gravina is the author of a number of works of great erudition, the principal being his Origines juris civilis, completed in 3 vols (1713) and his De Romano imperio (1712).

See also

• Lodovico Sergardi

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 383–384.

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- [en] Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina

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[es] Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina

Gian o Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (Roggiano Gravina, 20 de enero de 1664 – Roma, 6 de enero de 1718) fue un hombre de letras y jurista italiano e, igualmente, uno de los fundadores de la Academia de la Arcadia.

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[fr] Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina

Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (né le 20 janvier 1664 à Roggiano Gravina, dans la province de Cosenza, en Calabre – mort à Rome, 6 janvier 1718) est un homme de lettres et un juriste italien de la fin du XVIIe et du début du XVIIIe siècle qui fut l'un des fondateurs de l’Académie d'Arcadie. Gravina découvrit le poète et librettiste Pietro Metastasio, qu'il adopta et auquel il dispensa une formation littéraire de qualité. Son œuvre juridique majeure s'intitule Originum juris civilis libri tres (Naples 1701, pour le premier livre, Leipzig 1708, pour les deux suivants et Naples 1713, pour l'édition définitive). Elle sera traduite en français par Jean-Baptiste Requier (1715-1799) sous les titres L’esprit des loix romaines (Amsterdam/Paris, Saillant, 1766 ou 1776) et Origines du droit civil (Paris, Bavoux, 1822).  Gravina applique à l'histoire des institutions les concepts du droit naturel, condamne la tyrannie comme antijuridique et met le contrat social au cœur de la société civile en soulignant que celle-ci ne peut se fonder que sur le droit.

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[ru] Гравина, Джованни Винченцо

Джованни Винченцо Гравина (англ. ; 21 января 1664, Роджано-Гравина, Калабрия — 6 января 1718, Рим) — итальянский юрист, поэт и писатель.

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