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Price : 75.00 €
Type : TRIBUNAL DE COMMERCE DE PARIS
Date: n.d.
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 36 mm
Puncheon : PROUE (1842-1845)
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L'HOSPITAL. CREATION DES JUGES ET CONSULS. 1563.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Michel de L'Hospital.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRIBUNAL DE COMMERCE DE PARIS - NOVO CODICE M.DC. LX. VII.
Reverse description : La Justice recevant ses attributs du Roi, les balances et l'épée.
Reverse translation : Le nouveau code 1667.
Commentary
Michel de l'Hospital (1507/1573) fut un grand poète et homme d'Etat Après des études de droit à Toulouse, il devint avocat à Paris Nommé conseiller au Parlement, il montra tellement d'énergie contre les corrompus et les prévaricateurs qu'il fut bientôt nommé par le Roi Henri II Président du Parlement et Chancelier de Marguerite de Valois Son zèle s'exerça dans une surveillance sévère de la perception et de l'usage des impôts ainsi que du contrôle des dépenses injustifiées Favorable à la tolérance religieuse, il créa néanmoins en pleine guerre civile l'institution des Juges et consuls, chargés de réglementer le commerce et, rejeté par la Cour et le Parlement pour sa modération, il mourut de chagrin quelques mois après la Saint-Barthélémy.
Michel de l'Hospital (1507/1573) was a great poet and statesman. After studying law in Toulouse, he became a lawyer in Paris. Appointed as a counselor to the Parliament, he showed so much energy against the corrupt and prevaricators that he was soon appointed by King Henry II as President of the Parliament and Chancellor of Marguerite de Valois. His zeal was exercised in a strict surveillance of the collection and use of taxes as well as the control of unjustified expenditure. Favorable to religious tolerance, he nevertheless created in the midst of the civil war the institution of Judges and Consuls, responsible for regulating trade and, rejected by the Court and the Parliament for his moderation, he died of grief a few months after Saint Bartholomew's Day.
Michel de l'Hospital (1507/1573) was a great poet and statesman. After studying law in Toulouse, he became a lawyer in Paris. Appointed as a counselor to the Parliament, he showed so much energy against the corrupt and prevaricators that he was soon appointed by King Henry II as President of the Parliament and Chancellor of Marguerite de Valois. His zeal was exercised in a strict surveillance of the collection and use of taxes as well as the control of unjustified expenditure. Favorable to religious tolerance, he nevertheless created in the midst of the civil war the institution of Judges and Consuls, responsible for regulating trade and, rejected by the Court and the Parliament for his moderation, he died of grief a few months after Saint Bartholomew's Day.