Institution

Académie française

1635– · 17th century

The Académie française is the French institution responsible for the French language, founded in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu under Louis XIII. Its forty members, known as the immortals, prepare the official dictionary of the language and rule on its usage. Suppressed during the Revolution in 1793, it was restored under Napoleon and remains the most prestigious of the academies of the Institut de France.

Académie française
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Académie française. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/academie-francaise
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