Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede)

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imperial law legal reform peace ordinance

Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) was a landmark 1495 imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire that permanently outlawed private feuds and aimed to establish a monopoly on legitimate violence under imperial and territorial courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ewiger Landfriede 4
Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) canonical 1
imperial public peace (Landfriede) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial law ⓘ
legal reform ⓘ
peace ordinance ⓘ
aimedTo centralize control of violence ⓘ
permanently outlaw private feuds ⓘ
strengthen public peace ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
surface form: Ewiger Landfriede

Perpetual Public Peace ⓘ
appliesTo imperial cities ⓘ
imperial estates ⓘ
imperial knights ⓘ
territorial princes ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
characteristic first permanent empire-wide peace ordinance ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateEnacted 1495 ⓘ
enforcedBy imperial courts ⓘ
territorial courts ⓘ
follows earlier temporary Landfrieden ⓘ
hasCategory Early modern law ⓘ
History of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Medieval law ⓘ
hasConsequence limitation of feudal nobility’s right to feud ⓘ
strengthening of imperial judicial institutions ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasType public law measure ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
surface form: late Middle Ages
inception 1495 ⓘ
influenced later imperial peace ordinances ⓘ
legalDomain public peace law ⓘ
legalEffect criminalized private warfare among imperial estates ⓘ
shifted conflict resolution to public courts ⓘ
legalStatus permanent peace ⓘ
mainSubject monopoly on legitimate violence ⓘ
outlawing of private feuds ⓘ
normativeClaim only public authorities may exercise legitimate force ⓘ
originalLanguage Early New High German ⓘ
partOf Diet of Worms (1495) ⓘ
surface form: Reichsreform of 1495
prohibits Fehde (private feud) ⓘ
self-help violence between estates ⓘ
promulgatedAt Diet of Worms (1495) ⓘ
providesFor resolution of conflicts by courts ⓘ
ratifiedAt Diet of Worms (1495) ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of Worms
relatedTo Reichskammergericht ⓘ
Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: imperial public peace (Landfriede)
replacedBy judicial settlement of disputes ⓘ
significance key step in state-building within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
milestone in the formation of a monopoly of violence ⓘ
temporalCoverage from 1495 onward ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor Maximilian I → implementedReform → Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) → relatedTo → Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: imperial public peace (Landfriede)
Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) → alsoKnownAs → Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewiger Landfriede
Worms Reichsreform 1495 → hasPart → Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
subject surface form: Wormser Reichsreform 1495
this entity surface form: Ewiger Landfriede
Imperial law → includes → Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewiger Landfriede
Imperial Constitution → hasComponent → Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewiger Landfriede