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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | French Censorship Act, Fontainebleau (1547) Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22071 n° 9 Citation: French Censorship Act (1547), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: f_1547 Full title King's Edict on the books censored by the Faculty of Theology. Full title original language Edict fait par le Roy très-chrestien Henry deuxieme de ce nom, sur les livres censurez par la faculté de Theologie de Paris. Abstract After having been enthusiastically encouraged at first by the Crown, in particular through the earliest privileges whose rationale had been primarily economic, printing in France very soon (from the first half of the sixteenth century onwards) became an instrument to be carefully controlled from above. Following the relatively pragmatic censorship policies of Francis I, the aggravation of religious tensions between Catholics and Huguenots compelled his successor Henri II to introduce a more systematic framework for censorship, notably by a series of legislative acts at the end of the 1540s, amongst which the edicts of 1547 and 1551 stand out as important milestones. They confirmed, by establishing a regime of pre-publication censorship and permissions, the Crown's determination to exert a firm grip on the literary market - a grip which did not slacken right up to 1789. Very soon, indeed before the end of the sixteenth century, the system of privileges too would be coupled with that of censorship, thereby modifying the chiefly economic nature of the requirements that had originally been set for the award of the royal favour. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Fontainebleau Year 1547 Language French Source Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22071 n° 9 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bochetel, Guillaume (d.1553) Henri II (1519-1559) Persons referred to in commentary Francis I (1494-1547) Henri II (1519-1559) Places referred to Fontainebleau Geneva Germany Paris Places referred to in commentary France Legislation referred to French royal edict on censorship 1547 Legislation referred to in commentary French royal edict on censorship 1547 French royal edict on censorship 1551 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to King's Council of State (France) Paris Faculty of Theology (Sorbonne) Parlement of Paris Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words censorship, pre-publication formalities public good Reformation, the religious works Responsible editor Frédéric Rideau Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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