June 4 1536, he issued a bull Convoking a general council to meet at Mantua, May 8, 1537. Nothing, however, was said about the principles according to which it was to be formed and by which it should be governed in transacting its business.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente
In the contest between the King and parliament, the latter, fearing the power of the former, passed the Convoking the States General.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson
The court, hereupon, very adroitly determined to call the same Notables, who had been approved by the nation the last year, to decide on the form of Convoking the Etats Generaux: thus withdrawing itself from the disputes which the parliament might excite, and committing them with the nation.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson