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Edict of Pîtres

864 · 9th century

The Edict of Pîtres was a set of laws issued by the West Frankish king Charles the Bald at an assembly at Pîtres on the Seine in June 864. It reformed the coinage, ordering a standard silver penny struck at a limited number of mints, and ordered fortified bridges on the rivers to stop Viking raiders from sailing inland. It also forbade the sale of weapons and horses to the Vikings.

Edict of Pîtres
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Edict of Pîtres. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/edict-of-pitres
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