Description
France jeton silver Feuardent 3974
CLERGY ASSEMBLY AND RELIGIOUS JETONS Louis XV 1760
LUD.XV.REX CHRISTIANISS
Buste à droite de Louis XV signé I.D.V. n°336 var.
CONVENTUS. CLERI. GALLICANI. HABITUS. LUT. PARISIOR. M.D.CC.LX
CLERGY ASSEMBLY AND RELIGIOUS JETONS
The Assembly of the Clergy is the ecclesiastical institution of France under the Ancien Régime. It enjoys the protection of the King and tax immunity (formulated during the Lateran Councils III and IV – 1179 and 1215). There are two kinds of assemblies: the small ones, called “account assemblies”, which bring together thirty-two deputies (two per province); and the large assemblies (sixty-four deputies) called upon to resolve questions of a religious nature (relations with Rome, the Protestants, Jansenism, etc.). The last assembly was held in 1788.
Diameter 29 mm
Weight 9,82 grams
Condition almost XF
