Imperial Constitution

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constitutional framework legal system

The Imperial Constitution was the complex legal framework that defined the structure, powers, and relationships of the Holy Roman Empire’s emperor and Imperial Estates.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire 2
imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire 2
Imperial Constitution canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional framework ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
appliesTo Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
basedOn Germanic customary law ⓘ
surface form: German customary law

Roman law traditions ⓘ
imperial statutes ⓘ
treaties among estates ⓘ
characterizedBy corporate structure of estates ⓘ
decentralization ⓘ
legal pluralism ⓘ
limited imperial sovereignty ⓘ
shared authority between emperor and estates ⓘ
continuesUntil dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ
defines competences of Imperial Courts ⓘ
jurisdiction of Reichshofrat ⓘ
jurisdiction of Reichskammergericht ⓘ
powers of the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
powers of the Imperial Estates ⓘ
procedures for imperial elections ⓘ
rights of Imperial Cities ⓘ
role of Prince-Electors ⓘ
status of Imperial Estates ⓘ
structure of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
developedOverPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
hasComponent Electoral Capitulations ⓘ
Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ
surface form: Ewiger Landfriede

Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
Imperial Diet procedures ⓘ
Peace of Augsburg ⓘ
Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
Reichsabschiede ⓘ
Reichshofrat ⓘ
surface form: Reichshofratsordnung

Reichskammergerichtsordnung von 1495 ⓘ
surface form: Reichskammergerichtsordnung

Reichskreisordnung von 1500 ⓘ
surface form: Reichskreisordnung

Reichsmatrikel ⓘ
Reichsreform von Worms 1495 ⓘ
surface form: Reichsreform of 1495
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
limits emperor’s unilateral legislative power ⓘ
regulates distribution of authority within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
relationship between emperor and Imperial Estates ⓘ
requires consent of Imperial Diet for empire-wide legislation ⓘ
cooperation between emperor and estates for military levies ⓘ
cooperation between emperor and estates for taxation ⓘ
shapedBy conflicts between emperor and princes ⓘ
religious conflicts in the empire ⓘ
stabilizedBy Peace of Westphalia ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire → governedBy → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
principal land force of the Holy Roman Empire → governedBy → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire)
this entity surface form: Imperial War Constitution
Catholic princes → legalContext → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire
Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France → appliesTo → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial constitutional order
Holy Roman Empire forces → regulatedBy → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Military Constitution
Reichsstand → partOf → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire
Reichsstand → relatedConcept → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire
Reichsmatrikel → relatedTo → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire
Elector of Regensburg → partOf → Imperial Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire