Imperial charters, law books and criminal ordinances of the Holy Roman Empire and its neighbours, from the Saxon mirror of the thirteenth century and the Golden Bull of 1356 to the Carolina and Theresiana criminal codes, the Prussian general state laws and the Dutch founding acts. A document belongs here when its cited article describes a charter or law book of the Empire, Germany or the Low Countries. It excludes Italian and French sources.
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Act of Abjuration (Wikipedia)
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'placard of abjuration') is the declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt.
Brokmerbrief (Wikipedia)
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The Brokmerbrief or Law of Brokmerland is the early 13th-century law code of the brocmanni, the inhabitants of Brokmerland, west of Aurich in East Frisia.
Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis (Wikipedia)
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The Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis was a civil code enacted in the Electorate of Bavaria in 1756.
Constitutio Criminalis Carolina (Wikipedia)
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The Constitutio Criminalis Carolina (sometimes shortened to Carolina) is recognised as the first body of German criminal law (Strafgesetzbuch).
Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana (Wikipedia)
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The Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana (also Nemesis Theresiana or just Theresiana) was a penal code issued in 1768 by the Austrian ruler Maria Theresa (1717-1780).
General State Laws for the Prussian States (Wikipedia)
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The General State Laws for the Prussian States (German: Allgemeines Landrecht für die Preußischen Staaten, ALR) were an important code of Prussia, promulgated in 1792 and codified by Carl Gottlieb Svarez and Ernst Ferdinand Klein, under the orders of Frederick II.
Golden Bull of 1356 (Wikipedia)
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The Golden Bull of 1356, was a decree issued by the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg and Metz (Diet of Metz, 1356/57) headed by the Emperor Charles IV which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire.
Maiestas Carolina (Wikipedia)
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The Maiestas Carolina was a legal code proposed by Charles IV., Holy Roman Emperor in 1350 to govern Bohemia.
Sachsenspiegel (Wikipedia)
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The Sachsenspiegel (German: [ˈzaksn̩ˌʃpiːɡl̩] ; Middle Low German: Sassen Speyghel; modern Low German: Sassenspegel; all literally "Saxon Mirror") is one of the most important law books and custumals compiled during the Holy Roman Empire.
Wikipedia: Union of Utrecht
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The Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Unie van Utrecht) was an alliance based on an agreement concluded on 23 January 1579 between a number of Dutch provinces and cities, to reach a joint commitment against the king, Philip II of Spain.
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