Stephen Junius BrutusSTEPHEN JUNIUS BRUTUS is a pseudonym most likely used by two authors who collaborated on the writing of Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (1579): Hubert Languet (1518-1581), a French diplomat, and Philippe de Mornay (1549-1623), an anti-monarchist. Both wereHuguenots who heavily influenced French Protestantism. In 1931 a Dutch historian, Gerardina Tjaberta van Ysselsteyn, made the assertion that the two authored the text. Read More Read Less