ABSTRACT
Sleidan spent a considerable part of his life in France in the service of the Du Bellays and the French Crown. He had an acute understanding of French society, French culture and of the French political elite. Sleidan had many admirers in France and at the French court, where he had given such able and devoted service. Therefore it is hardly surprising that his scholarly work should find appreciative readers in the country that had been for many years his adopted home.
