Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
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The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 was an imperial decree by Charles V that unified his scattered Burgundian and Habsburg territories in the Low Countries into a single, hereditary political entity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional act
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imperial decree → legal instrument → |
| appliesTo |
Burgundian Netherlands
→
surface form: "Burgundian territories in the Low Countries"
County of Artois → Drenthe →
surface form: "County of Drenthe"
County of Flanders → County of Hainaut → County of Holland → Namur →
surface form: "County of Namur"
Zeeland →
surface form: "County of Zeeland"
County of Zutphen → Duchy of Brabant → Duchy of Guelders → Duchy of Limburg → Duchy of Luxembourg → Habsburg Netherlands →
surface form: "Habsburg territories in the Low Countries"
Lordship of Friesland → Lordship of Groningen →
surface form: "Lordship of Groningen and Ommelanden"
Lordship of Mechelen → Lordship of Overijssel → Lordship of Tournai and Tournaisis → Low Countries → Lordship of Utrecht →
surface form: "Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (secularized territories)"
Seventeen Provinces → |
| country | Habsburg Netherlands → |
| date | 1549 → |
| effect |
bound the Seventeen Provinces to remain united under one ruler
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created a single, hereditary political entity in the Low Countries → strengthened dynastic control of the Habsburgs over the Low Countries → |
| follows | earlier Burgundian centralization policies → |
| hasConsequence |
contributed to later constitutional tensions in the Low Countries
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limited the ability of individual provinces to separate from the composite state → |
| historicalPeriod | Early Modern period → |
| issuedBy |
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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Charles I of Spain →
surface form: "Charles V, King of Spain"
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| jurisdiction |
Seventeen Provinces
→
surface form: "Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries"
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| language |
Latin
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Middle Dutch → |
| legalStatus | hereditary law of succession → |
| locationOfEnactment | Augsburg → |
| partOf |
Habsburg dynastic policy
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constitutional history of the Low Countries → |
| purpose |
to establish the Seventeen Provinces as a single, indivisible inheritance
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to regulate succession in the Habsburg Netherlands → to unify Burgundian and Habsburg territories in the Low Countries into a single political entity → |
| relatedTo |
Burgundian Circle
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Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 →
surface form: "Pragmatic Sanction of 1548"
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this entity surface form: "Pragmatic Sanction of 1548"