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.

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Label Occurrences
Frisian freedom canonical 3
Frisian Freedom 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional status
legal privilege
medieval political status
appliesTo Frisians
surface form: Frisian people

Frisians
appliesToTerritory Frisia
areas between the Zuiderzee and the Weser
coastal regions along the North Sea
associatedWith Frisian chieftain system
Frisian law
Lex Frisionum
associatedWithPlace Upstalsboom near Aurich
country Holy Roman Empire
endCause expansion of territorial princes
incorporation into regional lordships
endTime 15th century
late Middle Ages
governedBy Frisian chieftains
local judges
regional assemblies
grantedBy Frederick I Barbarossa
surface form: Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa

Holy Roman Emperor
hasCharacteristic absence of serfdom for Frisians
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
influenced later Frisian autonomy movements
regional identity of Frisians
languageOfRecord Latin
Middle Low German
Old Frisian
legalBasis imperial charters
privileges granted by Holy Roman Emperors
opposedTo feudalism
rule of territorial princes
partOf constitutional framework of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalSystem communal self-rule
rule by local councils and assemblies
startTime 12th century
High Middle Ages

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

Lordship of Friesland predecessor Frisian freedom
Coat of arms of Friesland symbolizes Frisian freedom
Frisians historicalEntity Frisian freedom
this entity surface form: Frisian Freedom
Frisia historicalLaw Frisian freedom