The Council of Meaux–Paris was a

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that first met on 17 June 845 in

Meaux Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...

and finished its work at

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on 2 February 846.Alfred Boretius and Victor Krause, eds. (1897), ''

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, Capitularia Regum Francorum'' II, pp
388–421
It had intended to meet in Paris from the first, but a Viking siege forced it to convene at Meaux before relocating to Paris when the siege was lifted.. The council issued 83 canons (acts). These included a "program for destroying the Jews" in canons 73–75. The canons of Meaux–Paris were presented to King

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in June 846, but he refused to enact any of the anti-Jewish proposals, preferring to continue the pro-Jewish policy of his father,

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. Archbishop Amulo of Lyon wrote a 'book against the Jews' (''Liber contra Judaeos'') defending the council's actions and accusing the Jews of numerous abuses..

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