Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts

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• Edict of Villers-Cotteret
• Edict of Villers-Cotterets
• Edit de Villers-Cotterêts
• Ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts
• Villers-Cotterêts edict
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1. an extensive piece of reform legislation signed into law by Francis I of France on August 10, 1539 in the city of Villers-Cotterêts

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2. Largely the work of Chancellor Guillaume Poyet, this legislative edict, in 192 articles, dealt with a number of governmental, judicial and ecclesiastic matters (ordonnance générale en matière de police et de justice)

   

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3. Articles 110 and 111, the most famous, prescribed the use of French in all judicial acts, notarized contracts and official legislation in order to avoid any linguistic confusion

   

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4. Other articles enforced the recording, by priests, of baptisms (necessary for determining the age of candidates for ecclesiastical office) and burials, and required these acts to be signed by notaries

   

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   The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts expanded the central control of the French state

   

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6. Another article prohibited artisanal and trade federations (toute confrérie de gens de métier et artisans) in an attempt to suppress workers' strikes (although mutual-aid groups were unaffected)

   

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