Edict of Villers-Cotterêts

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Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf royal ordinance
gptkbp:category gptkb:Francis_I_of_France
French legal history
1539 in law
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:effect required parish registers for births and deaths
made French the official language of legal documents
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first official use of French in government
foundation for French as national language
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edict of Villers-Cotterêts
gptkbp:languageMandate gptkb:French
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Villers-Cotterêts
gptkbp:notablePublication Articles 110 and 111
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 192
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:politics
gptkb:public_administration
gptkbp:replacedLatinWithFrenchIn administrative documents
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Francis_I_of_France
August 1539
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_Francis_I
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7