1556
1556: King Henry II issues an edict enfranchising all serfs in the Dauphiné region, a precedent for the “freedom principle.” This legal development in France…
1556: King Henry II issues an edict enfranchising all serfs in the Dauphiné region, a precedent for the “freedom principle.” This legal development in France provided an early intellectual foundation for notions of universal liberty.
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