Imperial Diet

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The Imperial Diet was the deliberative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire, bringing together princes, bishops, and imperial cities to discuss and decide on matters of law, policy, and governance.


Statements (65)
Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative assembly
imperial estate assembly
institution of the Holy Roman Empire
legislative body
alsoKnownAs Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
surface form: "Reichstag"

Regensburg City Hall
surface form: "Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire"
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire
composedOf abbots
imperial princes
prince-bishops
prince-electors
representatives of imperial free cities
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
dissolved 1806
followedBy German Confederation
surface form: "German Confederation Diet"
governs imperial law
imperial military contingents
imperial taxation
religious settlement within the empire
hasPart College of Electors
College of Cities
surface form: "College of Imperial Cities"

College of Princes
hasRole advisory council to the emperor
forum for imperial estates
law-making body
venue for imperial peace settlements
venue for imperial taxation decisions
venue for imperial war declarations
venue for religious policy decisions
historicalPeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
inception 962
language German
Latin
legislativeBodyFor Holy Roman Empire
location Augsburg
Cologne
Frankfurt am Main
Mainz
Metz
Nuremberg
Regensburg
Regensburg City Hall
Speyer
Worms, Germany
surface form: "Worms"
participant Archbishop of Cologne
surface form: "Archbishop-Elector of Cologne"

Prince-elector of Mainz
surface form: "Archbishop-Elector of Mainz"

Prince-elector of Trier
surface form: "Archbishop-Elector of Trier"

Count Palatine of the Rhine
Holy Roman Emperor
King of Bohemia
Margrave of Brandenburg
Prince-elector
surface form: "Prince-elector of Saxony"
religiousContext Calvinism
Catholicism
Lutheranism
significantEvent Augsburg Interim
Edict of Worms
Golden Bull of 1356
Imperial Reform
Peace of Augsburg
Perpetual Diet of Regensburg
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
Worms, Germany
surface form: "Worms Concordat"

Referenced by (31)

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

this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
Worms Cathedral associatedWithEvent Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial diets of the Holy Roman Empire in Worms"
Peace of Augsburg concludedAt Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of Augsburg"
this entity surface form: "Imperial Deputation"
Imperial Estates hadSeatIn Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
Schmalkaldic War hasLegalContext Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
this entity surface form: "imperial diet"
Elector of Baden hasSeat Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
Prince-elector of Mainz hasSeatIn Imperial Diet
Rhens knownFor Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Holy Roman Empire electoral meetings"
Holy Roman Empire legislativeBody Imperial Diet
Prince-elector of Cologne memberOf Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
College of Princes partOf Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
Prince-elector partOf Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
Imperial Estates participatedIn Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
The Diet precededBy Imperial Diet
国会 predecessor Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "帝国議会"
College of Electors relatedTo Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire"
Prince-elector relatedTo Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "College of Cities of the Imperial Diet"
Nuremberg Castle significantEvent Imperial Diet
this entity surface form: "Imperial Diets of the Holy Roman Empire"
Reichskammergericht supervisedBy Imperial Diet

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