Chambre Ardente

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The Chambre Ardente was a special court of the French monarchy in the late 17th century, notorious for its secretive trials and harsh sentences in cases of poisoning, witchcraft, and related crimes.

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Chambre Ardente canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French royal court ⓘ
special court ⓘ
associatedWith Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Affair of the Poisons ⓘ
characteristic capital punishment sentences ⓘ
closed-door hearings ⓘ
use of torture in interrogations ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
dissolutionReason end of the Affair of the Poisons ⓘ
documentedIn records of the Parlement of Paris ⓘ
era Baroque era ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
establishedUnder Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Louis XIV of France
historicalReputation instrument of royal absolutism ⓘ
symbol of judicial severity ⓘ
jurisdiction Paris ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
languageOfRecord French ⓘ
legalArea criminal law ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
poisoning ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ
location Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
notableFor La Voisin affair ⓘ
harsh sentences ⓘ
poisoning cases ⓘ
secretive trials ⓘ
witchcraft cases ⓘ
notablePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
operatedBy French monarchy ⓘ
partOf Parlement of Paris ⓘ
relatedTo European witch hunts ⓘ
French witch trials ⓘ
extraordinary courts in early modern Europe ⓘ
role investigation of high-profile poisoning scandals ⓘ
suppression of occult practices ⓘ
sentenceType banishment ⓘ
execution by burning ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
subordinateTo King of France ⓘ
timePeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
trialType inquisitorial procedure ⓘ
usedFor politically sensitive criminal cases ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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Catherine Monvoisin → convictedBy → Chambre Ardente ⓘ
Catherine Monvoisin → trialHeldBy → Chambre Ardente ⓘ