Frisian freedom
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Frisian freedom was a medieval political status in which the Frisian people enjoyed a rare degree of autonomy and exemption from feudal overlordship within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frisian freedom canonical | 3 |
| Frisian Freedom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Frisian freedom Context triple: [Lordship of Friesland, predecessor, Frisian freedom]
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Brabant Revolution
The Brabant Revolution was an uprising in the Austrian Netherlands (notably in Brabant) in 1789–1790 that briefly overthrew Habsburg rule and established the short-lived United Belgian States.
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Lordship of Friesland
The Lordship of Friesland was a historical territorial and administrative region within the Habsburg-controlled Low Countries, corresponding largely to the area of modern Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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C.
Vrijheid
Vrijheid was a Dutch ship of the line that served as the flagship of the Dutch fleet during the late 18th century and was captured by the British at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
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D.
Liège Revolution
The Liège Revolution was a late-18th-century uprising in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège that overthrew its ecclesiastical rule and briefly established a more democratic regime inspired by Enlightenment and French Revolutionary ideas.
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Lordship of Groningen
The Lordship of Groningen was a historical territorial lordship in the northern Low Countries that formed part of the Habsburg-era Seventeen Provinces in what is now the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Frisian freedom Target entity description: Frisian freedom was a medieval political status in which the Frisian people enjoyed a rare degree of autonomy and exemption from feudal overlordship within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Brabant Revolution
The Brabant Revolution was an uprising in the Austrian Netherlands (notably in Brabant) in 1789–1790 that briefly overthrew Habsburg rule and established the short-lived United Belgian States.
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B.
Lordship of Friesland
The Lordship of Friesland was a historical territorial and administrative region within the Habsburg-controlled Low Countries, corresponding largely to the area of modern Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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C.
Vrijheid
Vrijheid was a Dutch ship of the line that served as the flagship of the Dutch fleet during the late 18th century and was captured by the British at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
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D.
Liège Revolution
The Liège Revolution was a late-18th-century uprising in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège that overthrew its ecclesiastical rule and briefly established a more democratic regime inspired by Enlightenment and French Revolutionary ideas.
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E.
Lordship of Groningen
The Lordship of Groningen was a historical territorial lordship in the northern Low Countries that formed part of the Habsburg-era Seventeen Provinces in what is now the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional status
ⓘ
legal privilege ⓘ medieval political status ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Frisians
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surface form:
Frisian people
Frisians ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Frisia
ⓘ
areas between the Zuiderzee and the Weser ⓘ coastal regions along the North Sea ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frisian chieftain system
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Frisian law ⓘ Lex Frisionum ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Upstalsboom near Aurich ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| endCause |
expansion of territorial princes
ⓘ
incorporation into regional lordships ⓘ |
| endTime |
15th century
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late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Frisian chieftains
ⓘ
local judges ⓘ regional assemblies ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
Frederick I Barbarossa
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surface form:
Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of serfdom for Frisians
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autonomy ⓘ collective liberties ⓘ direct imperial immediacy ⓘ exemption from feudal overlordship ⓘ rare degree of political freedom in the Middle Ages ⓘ self-governance ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasPart | Upstalsboom assembly ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
East Frisia
ⓘ
North Frisia ⓘ West-Friesland ⓘ
surface form:
West Frisia
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| influenced |
later Frisian autonomy movements
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regional identity of Frisians ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord |
Latin
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Middle Low German ⓘ Old Frisian ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
imperial charters
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privileges granted by Holy Roman Emperors ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
feudalism
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rule of territorial princes ⓘ |
| partOf | constitutional framework of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| politicalSystem |
communal self-rule
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rule by local councils and assemblies ⓘ |
| startTime |
12th century
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High Middle Ages ⓘ |
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Subject: Frisian freedom Description of subject: Frisian freedom was a medieval political status in which the Frisian people enjoyed a rare degree of autonomy and exemption from feudal overlordship within the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (4)
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