| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 227 | Auction date: 14 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: France, expel the Jesuits from France, 1880, Medal, UNC; France, 1880 Medal, UNC, Third Republic, Committee of Congregational Jurisconsults to Mr. Meignen, Ferry decree of March 29, 1880. Bronze 82.mm 126.g. Altar decorated with scales and topped with a statuette of the Law, in front of an oak tree. In front, in the antique style, a man holds a parchment inscribed March 29, 1880. Inscriptions in nine lines: + LE. COMMITTEE/OF. DEFENSE. RELIGI/ EUSE. A. M. MEIGNEN/ NOTARY. HONORAI/ RE - MEMBER. OF. CO/ MITE. OF JURISCON/SULTES. OF THE. CONGR/ EGATIONS./ (date). Unsigned style of J.C. Chaplain. On March 29, 1880, two decrees from Charles de Freycinet, President of the Council, and Jules Ferry, Minister of Public Education, ordered the first expulsion of religious congregations from France. Their objective was to expel the Jesuits from France and to require other congregations to request their authorization within three months, under penalty of dissolution and dispersion. These measures will lead to the creation of the Committee of Catholic Jurisconsults of Religious Congregations, bringing together lawyers, magistrates and law professors, to defend the interests of Catholics and religious congregations who have not fought in isolation but who have attached themselves to the services eminent jurists, including our honored notary here, Mr. Meignen. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
