the crusade against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. In 1407 Archbishop Guido III convened a synod to abolish the abuses that had crept into the Church of Reims during the Western Schism. In 1528 Archbishop Robert III held a synod against Martin Luther. In 1564 Cardinal Charles of Lorraine convened a reformatory synod to enforce the Tridentine Council decrees. In 1583 Cardinal Francis of Guise held a synod at which 27 reformatory decrees were enacted. After a lapse of almost three centuries Cardinal Gousset, Archbishop of Reims, convoked a synod at Soissons in 1849; another, at Amiens in 1853; a third, at Reims itself in 1857. The acts of the last three synods are printed in "Collectio Lacensis", IV, 91-246. References Reims Reims Reims 991 1049 in Europe 1040s in France 1140s in France 1148 in Europe Reims 10th century in France