Édit du Roi, Concernant la Noblesse de Provence [Royal Edict Concerning the Nobility of Provence]
AUCTION 24 |
Tuesday, June 29th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg
Lot 91
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
Édit du Roi, Concernant la Noblesse de Provence [Royal Edict Concerning the Nobility of Provence]
Paris: P.G. Simon, Imprimeur du Parlement 1778
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
In 1631 the Order of Malta pronounced the exclusion of “Jews, Saracens, Mahometans, and other enemies of Christianity” from the nobility. In this regard, a list of Jewish families was published and decendants of these families were to be forever excluded from the nobility. King Louis hereby abolishes that decree; henceforth persons are to be admitted to the nobility regardless of their descent