The
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, issued by King
Charles VII of FranceCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France from Paris.He was a member of the House of Valois, the son of Charles VI, but his...
, on July 7, 1438, required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the
popeThe pope is the Bishop of Rome and, as such, is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church...
, to be held every ten years, required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices, prohibited the pope from bestowing, and profiting from,
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s, and limited appeals to Rome. The king accepted many of the decrees of the Council of Basel without endorsing its efforts to coerce
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The Gallican church - in the eyes of some - declared administrative independence from the church in
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, suppressed the payment of
annatesAnnates were the whole of the first year's profits of a Roman Catholic benefice which were generally given to the papal treasury. They were also known as the "First Fruits" , a concept which dates back to earlier Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions.-History:This custom was only of gradual growth...
to
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, and forbade papal intervention in the appointment of French prelates.
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The
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, issued by King
Charles VII of FranceCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France from Paris.He was a member of the House of Valois, the son of Charles VI, but his...
, on July 7, 1438, required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the
popeThe pope is the Bishop of Rome and, as such, is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church...
, to be held every ten years, required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices, prohibited the pope from bestowing, and profiting from,
beneficeOriginally a benefice was a gift of land for life as a reward for services rendered. The word comes from the Latin noun beneficium, meaning "benefit"...
s, and limited appeals to Rome. The king accepted many of the decrees of the Council of Basel without endorsing its efforts to coerce
Pope Eugene IVPope Eugene IV , born Gabriele Condulmer, was Pope from March 3, 1431, to his death.-Biography:He was born in Venice to a rich merchant family, a Correr on his mother's side. Condulmer entered the Order of Saint Augustine at the monastery of St. George in his native city...
.
The Gallican church - in the eyes of some - declared administrative independence from the church in
RomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality , with over 2.7 million residents in , while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million. The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million...
, suppressed the payment of
annatesAnnates were the whole of the first year's profits of a Roman Catholic benefice which were generally given to the papal treasury. They were also known as the "First Fruits" , a concept which dates back to earlier Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions.-History:This custom was only of gradual growth...
to
RomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality , with over 2.7 million residents in , while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million. The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million...
, and forbade papal intervention in the appointment of French prelates. While this did result in a loss of papal power in
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, the movement of conciliarists itself was divided. In 1449, the Council of Basel was dissolved and the
Concilliar MovementConciliarism, or the conciliar movement, was a reform movement in the 14th and 15th century Roman Catholic Church which held that final authority in spiritual matters resided with the Roman Church as corporation of Christians, embodied by a general church council, not with the pope...
suffered a nearly fatal blow.
The popes, especially Pius II lobbied for the repeal of the Pragmatic Sanction; and the French crown used promises of repeal as an inducement to the papacy to embrace policies favoring its interests. The Pragmatic Sanction eventually was superseded by agreements made between the French crown and Rome, especially the 1516
Concordat of BolognaThe Concordat of Bologna , marking a stage in the evolution of the Gallican Church, was an agreement between King Francis I of France and Pope Leo X that Francis negotiated in the wake of his victory at Marignano in September 1515...
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