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Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

P.S. I have just found two papers by Klaus Barner (in French) which might be useful (in case you are not already aware of them):

https://eudml.org/doc/10129 (Pierre Fermat Sa vie privée et professionnelle)

http://www.zeitschrift-rechtsgeschichte.de/de/article_id/581 (Fermat et l'affaire Delpoy)

P.P.S. Two more papers by Klaus Barner:

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/dmvm.2001.9.issue-3/dmvm-2001-0070/dmvm-2001-0070.xml (Das Leben Fermats)

http://www.math-in-europe.eu/images/information_pdf/hist_phil_pdf/hist_pdf/barner.pdf (Pierre de Fermat (1601? - 1665) His life beside mathematics)

Russian science fiction writer Alexander Kazantsev wrote a historical novel about Fermat's life: http://www.litmir.me/bd/?b=261604 (Острее шпаги). A German translation of it does exist: https://www.amazon.de/Alexander-Kasanzew-Sch%C3%A4rfer-als-Degen/dp/3355003638 (Schärfer als Degen).

From the more scientific point of view, maybe the following book will be useful: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Public-Life-Toulouse-1463-1789-Cosmopolitan/dp/0801421918 (Public Life in Toulouse, 1463-1789: From Municipal Republic to Cosmopolitan City, by R.~A.~Schneider).

Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

P.S. I have just found two papers by Klaus Barner (in French) which might be useful (in case you are not already aware of them):

https://eudml.org/doc/10129 (Pierre Fermat Sa vie privée et professionnelle)

http://www.zeitschrift-rechtsgeschichte.de/de/article_id/581 (Fermat et l'affaire Delpoy)

Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

P.S. I have just found two papers by Klaus Barner (in French) which might be useful (in case you are not already aware of them):

https://eudml.org/doc/10129 (Pierre Fermat Sa vie privée et professionnelle)

http://www.zeitschrift-rechtsgeschichte.de/de/article_id/581 (Fermat et l'affaire Delpoy)

P.P.S. Two more papers by Klaus Barner:

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/dmvm.2001.9.issue-3/dmvm-2001-0070/dmvm-2001-0070.xml (Das Leben Fermats)

http://www.math-in-europe.eu/images/information_pdf/hist_phil_pdf/hist_pdf/barner.pdf (Pierre de Fermat (1601? - 1665) His life beside mathematics)

Russian science fiction writer Alexander Kazantsev wrote a historical novel about Fermat's life: http://www.litmir.me/bd/?b=261604 (Острее шпаги). A German translation of it does exist: https://www.amazon.de/Alexander-Kasanzew-Sch%C3%A4rfer-als-Degen/dp/3355003638 (Schärfer als Degen).

From the more scientific point of view, maybe the following book will be useful: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Public-Life-Toulouse-1463-1789-Cosmopolitan/dp/0801421918 (Public Life in Toulouse, 1463-1789: From Municipal Republic to Cosmopolitan City, by R.~A.~Schneider).

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Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

P.S. I have just found two papers by Klaus Barner (in French) which might be useful (in case you are not already aware of them):

https://eudml.org/doc/10129 (Pierre Fermat Sa vie privée et professionnelle)

http://www.zeitschrift-rechtsgeschichte.de/de/article_id/581 (Fermat et l'affaire Delpoy)

Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

P.S. I have just found two papers by Klaus Barner (in French) which might be useful (in case you are not already aware of them):

https://eudml.org/doc/10129 (Pierre Fermat Sa vie privée et professionnelle)

http://www.zeitschrift-rechtsgeschichte.de/de/article_id/581 (Fermat et l'affaire Delpoy)

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Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful.

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html

Maybe the following article http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5973 (Is mathematical history written by the victors?) and references therein will be useful :-).

Fermat's life and work is carefully investigated in the book "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" by Michael Sean Mahoney: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5449.html See, however, Gerry Myerson's comment below and https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/andre-weil-vs-history-of-mathematics/

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