 On 4 June 1444, the new "parlement" of Toulouse moved into a chamber of Toulouse's château narbonnais; its official opening occurred on 11 November of that year.The Parliament was charged with operating Toulouse's inquisition, burning at least eighteen Protestants alive in the mid-16th century.It was a center of Catholic resistance to the Reformation in the run-up to the 1562 Toulouse Riots and, following its victory on that occasion, completely dominated the town's capitouls.