Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts

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The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts was a 1539 royal decree by King Francis I of France that, among other judicial and administrative reforms, made French (rather than Latin) the mandatory language for official documents in the kingdom.

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Middle French codifiedBy Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts