Francisco Martínez Marina

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Real Academia Española
In office
1 January 1800 – 25 July 1833
Preceded byJosé Vela
Succeeded byMarcial Antonio López Quílez [es]

Francisco Xavier Martínez Marina (10 May 1754–25 July 1833) [1] was a noted Spanish jurist, historian and priest.[2]

Born in

Real Academia Española, the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language.[3]

During his lifetime, Marina published a number of well-known texts, including a treatise on the history and geography of Asturias, Diccionario geográfico-histórico de Asturias, and a study of principles of morality as they relate to legal policy and legislation, Principios naturales de la moral, de la política y de la legislación.

Marina also wrote diverse works on the history of Spanish law, including Ensayo histórico-crítico sobre la legislación y principales cuerpos legales de los reinos de León y Castilla especialmente sobre el código de las Siete Partidas de D. Alonso el Sabio (a study of the Siete Partidas, Spain's seven-part legal code that was followed for centuries both there and in Latin America), and a work entitled Juicio crítico de la Novísima Recopilación (Analysis of the Latest Compilation).

Marina died in 1833, a resident of Zaragoza, the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragon in Spain.

References

  1. ^ cervantesvirtual (Spanish) retrieved 11th Dec 2010
  2. ^ Nicolás, Encarna (2009). Mundos de Ayer Investigaciones Historicas Contemporaneas del IX Congreso de la AHC. p. 161. .
  3. Real Academia Española
    (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.