1551 in France

Events from the year 1551 in France

1551
in
France
Decades:
  • 1530s
  • 1540s
  • 1550s
  • 1560s
  • 1570s
See also:Other events of 1551
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Events

  • 27 June Edict of Châteaubriant prohibits possessing any books listed on the University of Paris's Index, translating the Bible or works of the Church Fathers, importing books from Geneva or other places not under the Catholic Church's control, or printing or selling any religious books written in the last 40 years.[2]

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References

  1. Nolan, Cathal J. (2006). The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-313-33733-8.
  2. Pottinger, David Thomas (1958). The French Book Trade in the Ancien Régime, 1500–1791. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780674432581. OCLC 7385496598.


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