FRNCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dialectic, Bilingual Education, French Revolution
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1494 - 1547: august 10, 1539 - signed the ordinace of villers-cotterets. Meant to replace the regional & dialectic french. Named after the city it was signed in. Needed the attention that was already given to latin o. Places french in the same language group as the greek, not w/ medieval french or. 16th century - french not accepted as well. Worked under napolean: organization created when richelieu realized some literary scholars met weekly o. King offered to be the group"s official patron (louis xiv: used to be near palace, now a museum o. Close to the seat of power short walk to king"s palace: mission statement: to codify french, give it rules, render it pure. Limited to a cap of 40 members, referred to les immortels. New seat opened when member dies or retires, another person tries to campaign to take the seat and members will debate and vote to see who to give the seat to.
