Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts (French: Ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts) is an extensive piece of reform legislation signed into law by Francis I of France... 8 KB (1,039 words) - 19:00, 8 April 2024 |
 | in 1539 of the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as the birthplace in 1802 of French novelist... 8 KB (727 words) - 19:18, 2 November 2023 |
 | The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts was signed into law by Francis I in 1539. Largely the work of Chancellor Guillaume Poyet, it dealt with a number of government... 57 KB (6,319 words) - 09:40, 11 April 2024 |
 | Ancien régime (category Cultural history of France) state-building, legislative acts (like the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts), and internal conflicts. The attempts of the Valois Dynasty to reform and re-establish... 87 KB (10,588 words) - 14:37, 23 February 2024 |
 | Château de Villers-Cotterêts (pronounced [ʃɑto d(ə) vilɛʁ kɔt(ə)ʁɛ]) is a historic French château located in the town of Villers-Cotterêts in the Aisne... 3 KB (248 words) - 19:11, 4 December 2023 |
 | French language (category Languages of the Republic of the Congo) Aosta Valley in 1536, while the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts (1539) named French the language of law in the Kingdom of France. During the 17th century... 127 KB (12,494 words) - 01:53, 18 April 2024 |
 | Langues d'oïl (redirect from List of Oïl languages) lexis of French. In 1539 the French language was imposed by the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts. It required Latin be replaced in judgements and official acts... 28 KB (3,113 words) - 16:05, 21 March 2024 |
 | France in the early modern period (redirect from Kingdom of France (Early Modern)) turn became the lingua franca of the European continent. (In 1539, with the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, Francis I of France made French alone the language... 57 KB (7,217 words) - 10:26, 30 March 2024 |
 | In 1539, in his castle in Villers-Cotterêts, Francis signed the important edict known as Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, which, among other reforms... 52 KB (5,947 words) - 08:07, 14 April 2024 |
 | Toubon Law (category Law of France) France Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts Académie française Charter of the French Language, Quebec Office québécois de la langue française See the text of the... 12 KB (1,420 words) - 16:06, 5 January 2024 |
 | European Union Law French Old Frankish Old French Old Occitan Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts Only languages with at least 50,000 speakers are shown. "Europeans... 31 KB (2,285 words) - 04:39, 9 April 2024 |
October 2002 regarding the Légifrance website. Légifrance Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts of 10 August 1539. Légifrance C.E. 19 February 1875, Prince Napoléon... 3 KB (208 words) - 11:50, 9 July 2023 |
before France itself. By the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts in 1539 King Francis I made French the official language of administration and court proceedings... 80 KB (9,554 words) - 17:23, 3 April 2024 |
the question of Francien is a controversial topic in discussions of language policy in France. Old French Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts Jordain de Blaivies... 3 KB (223 words) - 00:46, 15 April 2024 |
Middle French (category History of the French language) administration, and bureaucracy; this changed in 1539, with the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, in which François I made French alone the language for legal... 10 KB (807 words) - 15:11, 19 February 2024 |
 | expansion of the French Empire. In the eighteenth century, Creole French was the first and native language of many different peoples including those of European... 7 KB (826 words) - 20:19, 27 December 2023 |
1539 in France (category Years of the 16th century in France) agree to make no further alliances with England. August - The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts is signed, the oldest law in France remaining today. The Château... 1 KB (118 words) - 00:01, 25 January 2024 |
Circumflex in French (redirect from Use of the circumflex in French) The circumflex (ˆ) is one of the five diacritics used in French orthography. It may appear on the vowels a, e, i, o, and u, for example â in pâté. The... 23 KB (2,902 words) - 07:57, 1 January 2024 |
 | Sachsenspiegel (redirect from Mirror of the Saxons) mandating use of English instead of French in oral argument in court Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, 1539, French legislation mandating use of French in law... 14 KB (1,678 words) - 11:43, 2 April 2024 |
French orthography (redirect from Orthography of French) spelling and punctuation of the French language. It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based... 62 KB (3,517 words) - 23:53, 15 April 2024 |
 | Occitania (redirect from List of famous Occitan people) after the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, "the general name of Gascony or Gascons is used to refer to the countries and peoples to the left side of the Loire... 109 KB (12,524 words) - 13:01, 12 April 2024 |
orthography was already (more or less) fixed and (from a phonological point of view) outdated when its lexicography developed in the late 17th century and... 19 KB (2,058 words) - 09:11, 30 March 2024 |
Vergonha (category Cultural history of France) within their home lands. Beginning in 1539 with Art. 111 of the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, non-French languages in France were reduced in stature... 37 KB (4,312 words) - 13:31, 21 January 2024 |
French phonology (redirect from Phonology of French) French phonology is the sound system of French. This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French. Notable phonological... 54 KB (5,187 words) - 06:33, 19 February 2024 |
Birth certificate (redirect from Certification of Live Birth) Civil records in France have been compulsory since the 1539 ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, in which the King Francis I ordered the parishes to record... 104 KB (10,125 words) - 11:48, 13 April 2024 |
 | express an action that has been finished completely or incompletely at the time of speech, or at some (possibly unknown) time in the past. It originally corresponded... 12 KB (1,521 words) - 06:31, 2 September 2023 |
Civil registration (redirect from Registration of births, deaths and marriages) King Francis I ordered in the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, as part of a wider legislation regarding the policing of church benefices, to keep vital... 39 KB (4,947 words) - 08:22, 18 March 2024 |
 | Language policy in France (redirect from The languages policies of France) signed but not ratified). The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts of 1539 made French the administrative language of the kingdom of France for legal documents... 28 KB (3,070 words) - 05:40, 14 February 2024 |
 | African French (redirect from Francophone countries of Africa) name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 167 million people in Africa in 2023 or 51% of the French-speaking population of the... 42 KB (4,219 words) - 23:42, 14 April 2024 |
 | Jean Parisot de Valette (category Knights of Malta) disparity in the use of various Romance and Germanic languages in France, enacted the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts which prescribed the use of standard French... 23 KB (2,510 words) - 14:15, 28 March 2024 |