He wrote La Grande Monarchie de France as a supporter of the French crown, in the person of Louis XII.

[1] A Latin translation De Republica Galliae was printed in 1548 in Strasbourg.

In 1499, he became a counsellor to King Louis XII of France, and was charged with various embassies to Italy and England.

He thought the power wielded by the monarch was both controlled and balanced, being limited by religion, existing laws and justice.

[4][5][6] He also wrote on the Salic law, composed propaganda after the French victory over the Venetians, and worked as a translator of ancient historians, including Appianus of Alexandria.