Chamber of fire

An element of the French Counter-Reformation was the special judiciary established by the French kings to prosecute the Huguenots - Calvinists .

The Fire Chamber first appeared under Francis I in 1535 .

In 1547, Henry II of Valois established an extraordinary tribunal for the trial of heretics , the Fiery Chamber, at the Paris Parliament . Over the 3 years of operation, the chamber condemned about 600 Huguenots, many of them - for burning .

In 1559, Francis II established the chambers of fire at all French parliaments , Paris and provincial. These chambers were required to monitor the execution of heretic edicts .

In 1680, Louis XIV established a poisoning tribunal - the Fiery Chamber, also known as the "Chambers of the Arsenal" ( Fr. Chambre de l'Arsenal , at the venue of the meeting - Arsenal). The official reason for the institution was the frequent cases of homicide through poisoning (for example, the famous case of the Marquise de Brenvilliers , 1676 ).

The chamber condemned the burning poisoner, Catherine Monvoisin ( French: Catherine Monvoisin ; aka Catherine la Voisin, French la Voisin ) for burning .

Many representatives of the nobility appeared in front of the chamber, for example, Marshal Luxembourg , two relatives of Cardinal Mazarin ( Duchess of Bouillon and Countess of Soissons ).

• The Holy Inquisition
• Witch-hunt
• La Chambre ardente ( Hot court , film)

• Chambre ardente // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Weiss N. La Chambre ardente. P., 1889.