Do you (really) know the French Academy? Le Figaro offers you a short test, on the occasion of the first meeting. On March 13, 390 years ago, the first assembly took place.
The letters patent were signed by Louis XIII on January 29 of the following year. It is through their pen that these Academicians, to whom we symbolically offer cloak and sword, defend the language. What foreign model is Richelieu inspired by? Where is theFrench Academy located? What should the newly elected official's speech include?