EMPEROR: Maximilian I, 1493 - 1519

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LOCATION: The Basilica of Saint John Lateran (Rome)
YEARS: 1512 - 1517 (March). (Luther's theses posted 31 October, 1517)
POPES: Julius II, 1503 - 1513; Leo X, 1513 - 1521

ACTION: Called by Pope Julius II, this council opened on May 10, 1512; by Feb. 1513 Pope Julius was dying, and the council was reconvened by Pope Leo X in April 1513 and ratified by him. The most important discussions concerned the "Pragmatic country email list Sanction of Bourges." In 1438 the King of France, Charles VII, had issued this edict, declaring a general council superior to the Pope and denying his right to nominate bishops in France. A later King, Louis XI, had abolished this decree in 1461, but Louis XII (1498 - 1515) had attempted to reintroduce it. This council clearly rejected the teaching contained in the edict. (The appeal for another Crusade against the Turks met with no enthusiasm, and the situation in Europe relegated such a venture to oblivion.)

CONDEMNED: PRAGMATIC SANCTION OF BOURGES (Charles VII/Louis XII).