Concordat of Bologna
1516
Francis I and Pope Leo X signed an agreement giving the French king the right to nominate bishops, abbots, and priors throughout France. The Concordat bound the French crown tightly to the papacy and made Catholic loyalty a matter of royal prerogative. Gallicanism had quietly been born. The agreement effectively prevented the Reformation from gaining institutional support in France, since the king controlled ecclesiastical appointments.
In context
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.