Capitoul

Not to be confused with Capitol.
Arnaut Arnaut's c. 1590 Four Functions of the Toulousian Capitoulate. From left to right: justice, trade, church, and construction.
Portrait of the Capitouls Named by Writ of Parliament, 28 November 1622, by Jean Chalette.
The eight capitouls for 1618, painted in the Capitol's chapel.
The Chateau Narbonnais in the 19th century.

The capitouls, sometimes anglicized as capitols,[1] were the chief magistrates of the commune of Toulouse, France, during the late Middle Ages and early Modern period. Their council and rule was known as the Capitoulate (French: capitoulat). They were suppressed in 1789 amid the French Revolution.[2]

  1. ^ Turning (2013), p. 22.
  2. ^ Raynal (1759).