Jean d’Arrérac is the author of an important work that has not been studied in great depth. As a learned jurist of the end of the sixteenth century, he is first and foremost a man committed to the humanist defence of philology. He likes revisiting ancient texts, correcting them and restoring them, where he can, to their primal perfection, without hesitating to attack medieval glossators. He also engages in glorifying his native land. His works allow him to express the greatness and antiquity of Bordeaux, and are also an opportunity to celebrate a typical speech, one, according to him, of a homeland that says things frankly and even sometimes bluntly. Lastly, Jean d’Arrérac is a reader, of course of ancient authors, but also of modern writers like Ronsard and Du Bartas. We especially notice a clear influence dispersed throughout his work: Montaigne. His presence is detectible in numerous instances. Yet Jean d’Arrérac never explicitly mentions his name.