Enfants de Genève

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Enfants de Genève

political organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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Philibert Berthelier
…a league of patriots, the Enfants de Genève, to resist the Bishop’s encroachments on citizen’s rights. Further opposition to the Bishop and his Savoyard connection led to Berthelier’s arraignment on a charge of lèse-majesté (March 16, 1518); and, although acquitted by the citizens’ committees (syndics), he was nonetheless summarily arrested…
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…a league of patriots, the Enfants de Genève, to resist the Bishop’s encroachments on citizen’s rights. Further opposition to the Bishop and his Savoyard connection led to Berthelier’s arraignment on a charge of lèse-majesté (March 16, 1518); and, although acquitted by the citizens’ committees (syndics), he was nonetheless summarily arrested…
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