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CHAMBRE ARDENTE (Fr. " burning' chamber ") , the See also:

term for an extraordinary See also:court of See also:justice in See also:France, mainly held for the trials of heretics. The name is perhaps an allusion to the fact that the proceedings took See also:place in a See also:room from which all daylight was excluded, the only See also:illumination being from torches, or there may be a reference to the severity of the sentences in ardente, suggesting the burning of the prisoners at the stake. These courts were originated by the See also:Cardinal of See also:Lorraine, the first of them See also:meeting in 1535 under See also:Francis I. The Chambre Ardente co-operated with an inquisitorial tribunal also established by Francis I., the See also:duty of which was to discover cases of See also:heresy and See also:hand them over for final See also:judgment to the Chambre Ardente. The reign of See also:Henry II. of France was particularly infamous for the cruelties perpetrated by this court on the See also:Huguenots. The marquise de Brinvilliers (q.v.) and her associates were tried in the Chambre Ardente in 1680. The court was abolished in 1682. - See N. See also:Weiss, La Chambre Ardente (See also:Paris, 1889), and F. Ravaisson, Archives de la See also:Bastille (Paris, 1866-1884, 16 vols.).

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