- The
capitouls,
sometimes anglicized as capitols, were the
chief magistrates of the
commune of Toulouse, France,
during the late
Middle Ages and early...
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Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse, also
known as the
Annals of the
Capitouls, were held from 1295 to 1787. They
consist of a
collection of
books on...
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called capitouls in Toulouse, to lead the city. The Bourg,
which had only a
quarter of the
inhabitants of Toulouse,
obtained as many
capitouls as the...
- walls." Each year
capitouls were
elected from each of the
cities eight urban districts (called capitoulats). The role of
capitoul was not
limited to...
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administered by
jurats (etymologically
meaning "sworn men") and
Toulouse by
capitouls ("men of the chapter"). Usually,
there was no
mayor in the
modern sense;...
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sought to
promote its
prestige and legitimacy. At the
request of the
capitouls (the city's
chief magistrates)
scholars such as
Nicolas Bertrand, Guillaume...
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following its
victory on that occasion,
completely dominated the town's
capitouls. In 1590,
during the
French Wars of Religion,
Henry IV
created the rival...
- a
monument historique by the
French government in 1840. In 1190, the
Capitouls (governing magistrates) of
Toulouse commissioned the
original structures...
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rooted in the
ceremonial costume of the
capitouls of Toulouse. A muni****l body
created in 1147, the
capitouls were
until the
French Revolution the consuls...
- 1190. With 24 members, the
capitouls gave
themselves the
rights of law enforcement,
commerce and taxation. The
capitouls gave
Toulouse relative independence...
