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The founding of the Académie française — The 1635 official establishment, by Richelieu, of the company charged with the language
A private society of men of letters was taken under the cardinal’s protection and charged with giving the language its rules. It outlived its founder; suppressed under the Revolution and then restored, it came through every regime that followed. (Editorial synthesis)
The founding of the Académie française took place in 1635. (source: Larousse)
The founding of the Académie française ended in a company charged with fixing the rules of the French language. (source: Académie française)
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