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The Edict of Romorantin, was a decree designed to alter the prosecution of heretics promulgated by the king of France Francis II in May 1560. The decree came in the wake of the Amboise conspiracy in which many Protestant Huguenots had participated. Conscious due to this that the previous policy of persecution embodied in the edicts of Châteaubriant and Compiègne had failed, the crown and chancellor altered their strategy, delineating for the first time between heretics and rebels. The edict would transfer the prosecution of heretics who had committed no other offence, to the ecclesiastical courts, which lacked the power to give death sentences. The edict would be confirmed in January 1561 then superseded, first by the edict of July which maintained its provision concerning ecclesiastical c

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  • The Edict of Romorantin, was a decree designed to alter the prosecution of heretics promulgated by the king of France Francis II in May 1560. The decree came in the wake of the Amboise conspiracy in which many Protestant Huguenots had participated. Conscious due to this that the previous policy of persecution embodied in the edicts of Châteaubriant and Compiègne had failed, the crown and chancellor altered their strategy, delineating for the first time between heretics and rebels. The edict would transfer the prosecution of heretics who had committed no other offence, to the ecclesiastical courts, which lacked the power to give death sentences. The edict would be confirmed in January 1561 then superseded, first by the edict of July which maintained its provision concerning ecclesiastical c (en)
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  • The Edict of Romorantin, was a decree designed to alter the prosecution of heretics promulgated by the king of France Francis II in May 1560. The decree came in the wake of the Amboise conspiracy in which many Protestant Huguenots had participated. Conscious due to this that the previous policy of persecution embodied in the edicts of Châteaubriant and Compiègne had failed, the crown and chancellor altered their strategy, delineating for the first time between heretics and rebels. The edict would transfer the prosecution of heretics who had committed no other offence, to the ecclesiastical courts, which lacked the power to give death sentences. The edict would be confirmed in January 1561 then superseded, first by the edict of July which maintained its provision concerning ecclesiastical courts, and then the more radical Edict of Saint-Germain. (en)
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