De statu imperii Germanici
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De statu imperii Germanici is a 1667 political treatise by Samuel Pufendorf that critically analyzes the fragmented constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De statu imperii Germanici canonical | 1 |
| De statu imperii Germanici ad Laelium fratrem, dominum Trezolani, liber unus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2203976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De statu imperii Germanici Context triple: [Samuel Pufendorf, notableWork, De statu imperii Germanici]
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A.
Renovatio imperii Romanorum
Renovatio imperii Romanorum was a medieval political and ideological slogan expressing the ambition to restore the power and glory of the ancient Roman Empire under new rulers.
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B.
Second Reich
The Second Reich was the unified German nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918 under imperial rule, culminating in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and ending with Germany’s defeat in World War I.
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C.
Praeceptor Germaniae
Praeceptor Germaniae is the honorific title given to Philip Melanchthon, reflecting his influential role as a leading educator and reformer of the German Protestant school and university system during the Reformation.
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D.
Opus Francigenum
Opus Francigenum is the Latin term historically used to refer to what is now known as Gothic architecture, a medieval European style characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.
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E.
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
The Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire was a self-governing urban polity that owed allegiance directly to the emperor rather than to any intermediate territorial lord.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De statu imperii Germanici Target entity description: De statu imperii Germanici is a 1667 political treatise by Samuel Pufendorf that critically analyzes the fragmented constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Renovatio imperii Romanorum
Renovatio imperii Romanorum was a medieval political and ideological slogan expressing the ambition to restore the power and glory of the ancient Roman Empire under new rulers.
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B.
Second Reich
The Second Reich was the unified German nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918 under imperial rule, culminating in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and ending with Germany’s defeat in World War I.
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C.
Praeceptor Germaniae
Praeceptor Germaniae is the honorific title given to Philip Melanchthon, reflecting his influential role as a leading educator and reformer of the German Protestant school and university system during the Reformation.
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D.
Opus Francigenum
Opus Francigenum is the Latin term historically used to refer to what is now known as Gothic architecture, a medieval European style characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.
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E.
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
The Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire was a self-governing urban polity that owed allegiance directly to the emperor rather than to any intermediate territorial lord.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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early modern political work ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| analyzes |
imperial constitution
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powers of the emperor ⓘ status of free imperial cities ⓘ status of imperial princes ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Pufendorf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| criticizes |
constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire
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political fragmentation of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| describesAs | irregular body (irregulare corpus) of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
constitutional history
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legal history ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
federal structure of the Holy Roman Empire
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fragmented constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ imperial estates ⓘ relationship between emperor and imperial estates ⓘ |
| genre |
legal treatise
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political analysis ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
De statu imperii Germanici
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surface form:
De statu imperii Germanici ad Laelium fratrem, dominum Trezolani, liber unus
The Present State of the German Empire ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPseudonym | Severinus de Monzambano Veronensis ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of imperial diet
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discussion of imperial circles ⓘ discussion of imperial courts ⓘ evaluation of imperial reforms ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
Early Modern period
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
post-Westphalian Holy Roman Empire
|
| influenced |
Enlightenment political thought
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German public law scholarship ⓘ later theories of federalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holy Roman Empire
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constitutional law ⓘ political theory ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| movement | natural law tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of secular natural law in constitutional analysis
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systematic critique of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1667 ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Peace of Westphalia ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 17th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| usesConcept | status mixtus of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
De statu imperii Germanici ad Laelium fratrem, dominum Trezolani, liber unus