. Twenty centuries of Paris . THE COLLEGE OF FRANCE, FOUNDED BY FRANCISSee page 202. IN HOUSE OF FRANCIS I ON THE COURS-LA-REINE. PARIS OF THE RENAISSANCE 203 Francis established a government printingoffice and permitted the use of private pressesthough the books that issued from them werecensored. There was a time, indeed, when it be-came evident that men were thinking for them-selves and that untoward happenings were theresult, when all printing of books was Dolet, scholar, writer and printer, wasone of those who suffered from the kings incon-stant mind. He was charg
. Twenty centuries of Paris . THE COLLEGE OF FRANCE, FOUNDED BY FRANCISSee page 202. IN HOUSE OF FRANCIS I ON THE COURS-LA-REINE. PARIS OF THE RENAISSANCE 203 Francis established a government printingoffice and permitted the use of private pressesthough the books that issued from them werecensored. There was a time, indeed, when it be-came evident that men were thinking for them-selves and that untoward happenings were theresult, when all printing of books was Dolet, scholar, writer and printer, wasone of those who suffered from the kings incon-stant mind. He was charged with heresy, tor-tured, hung and finally burned with his writingson the spot where his statue now stands in thePlace Maubert. This square is on the left bank, but the usualplace for executions was the Greve in front ofthe Hotel de Ville. Near the Halles was a pil-lory which Francis rebuilt a quarter of a centuryafter the people had destroyed it. It was anopen octagonal tower and the victims inside wereplaced on a revolving platform so that they mightbe exposed to the crowd below. The go
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