Alexander of Roes (died after 1288) was the dean[1] of St. Maria im Kapitol, Cologne,[2] canon law jurist, and author on history and prophecy.
In France public life was largely run by clergy; in Italy it was the common sort who predominated; while in Germany the soldiers (nobles) took the lead.
[11] Alexander was following Vincent of Beauvais, and then Martin von Troppau, in considering a translatio of studium to Paris, supposedly made by Charlemagne.
[16] Incorporated was the De prerogativa Romani imperii, a treatise of Jordan of Osnabrück on the legitimacy of the Roman Empire in its pagan period.
[20] It was given a new lease of life by its inclusion in the Lectiones memorabiles et reconditae (1600) of Johann Wolff, by Wolfgang Lazius, and by James Maxwell, who drew on a translation by Hermann Bonus.