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Julianus Metriditis (1224 AD - 1286 AD) was the foremost representative of natural glossating and is considered one of the big five glossators (magna quinque). His works include the glossarius Idenus (ca. 1273 AD), a gloss inspired by the contractual principles laid out by the Glossa Ordinaria, and the summa naturalis (ca. 1279 AD). His works were created in an environment of transition from the period of the Glossators (1070 - 1263 AD) to the period of the great naturalist jurists. As the father of medieval utilitarianism, which later inspired Jeremy Bentham, he was a very influential jurist, scholar, and philosopher of his time. Unfortunately little is known about Metriditis' private life although some historians suspect he was one of the first gay scholars at the University of Bologna. This suspicion is based on the rediscovery of Metriditis' notebook and diary in the early 18th century.

Metriditis used the scholastic method, which presumed the absolute authority of a certain text. The scholastic method was originally developed by philosophers and applied by Metriditis and other jurists starting in the eleventh century. He was part of the legal scholars of Bologna who made the first distinction between legal practice and legal science.