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The '''[[Pragmatic sanction|Pragmatic Sanction]] of Bourges''', issued by King [[Charles VII of France]], on 7 July 1438,{{sfn|Stieber|1978|p=40}} required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the [[papacy]], to be held every ten years,{{sfn|Knecht|2007|p=75}} required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices,{{sfn|Müller|2021|p=88}} prohibited the pope from bestowing and profiting from [[benefice]]s, and forbade appeals to the [[Roman Curia]] from places further than two days' journey from Rome. The Pragmatic Sanction further stipulated that [[interdict]] could not be placed on cities unless the entire community was culpable.<ref>"The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges" in {{sfn|Ehler, Sidney Z., and John B. |Morrall. [https://books.google.com/books?id|1954|p=2WuMyEzani8C&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=pragmatic+sanction+of+bourges+Ehler,+Sidney+Z.,+and+John+B.+Morrall.+Church+and+State+through+the+Centuries:+A+Collection+of+Historic+Documents+with+Commentaries&source=bl&ots=KyYeJNFND0&sig=Xcquv0S19WnOzvxF-62U99hkvnw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf-vP4m6_LAhXBVh4KHWK3D7YQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=pragmatic%20sanction%20of%20bourges%20Ehler%2C%20Sidney%20Z.%2C%20and%20John%20B.%20Morrall.%20Church%20and%20State%20through%20the%20Centuries%3A%20A%20Collection%20of%20Historic%20Documents%20with%20Commentaries&f=false Church and State through the Centuries: A Collection of Historic Documents with Commentaries.] London: Burns & Oates, 1954.</ref>134}} The king accepted many of the decrees of the [[Council of Basel]] without endorsing its efforts to coerce [[Pope Eugene IV]].

The [[GallicanCatholic Church in France|Catholic Church of France]] church, in the eyes of some, declared administrative independence from the church in Rome,. The Catholic Church of France suppressed the payment of [[annates]] to Rome and forbade papal intervention in the appointment of French prelates. While this resulted in a loss of papal power in France, the movement of conciliarists itself was divided. In 1449, the [[Council of Basel]] was dissolved, and the [[Conciliarism|Concilliar Movementmovement]] suffered a nearly fatal blow.

The popes, especially [[Pius II]] ({{reign|1458|64}}), lobbied forthe French clergy to seek the repeal of the Pragmatic Sanction,{{sfn|Wagner|2018|p=11}} and the French crown used promises of repeal as an inducement to the papacy to embrace policies favoring its interests, especially its military campaigns in the Italian peninsula.<ref>{{sfn|Knecht, R. J. Francis I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, |1982, |p. =52.</ref>}} The Pragmatic Sanction was eventually superseded by agreements made between the French crown and Rome, especially the 1516 [[Concordat of Bologna]].{{sfn|Wagner|2018|p=11}}__NOTOC__

* Noël Valois, ''Histoire de la Pragmatique sanction de Bourges sous Charles VII'' (Paris: Picard, 1906).