Édit du Roi, Concernant la Noblesse de Provence [Royal Edict Concerning the Nobility of Provence]

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

P.G. Simon, Imprimeur du Parlement

Paris

1778

Headpiece, fleur-de-lis, French Royal emblem. Initial letter historiated with fleur-de-lis. A clean copy

Not in Szajkowski

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