Eternal Peace of 1495
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The Eternal Peace of 1495 was a landmark imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire that permanently outlawed private feuds and violence among its estates, laying a foundation for more centralized legal order.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eternal Peace of 1495 canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial law
ⓘ
legal reform ⓘ peace ordinance ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
imperial cities
ⓘ
imperial estates ⓘ imperial knights ⓘ territorial princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic | declared to be perpetual rather than limited in time ⓘ |
| consequence |
decline of feuding as a recognized legal practice
ⓘ
expansion of imperial judicial competence ⓘ foundation for later imperial legal institutions ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1495 ⓘ |
| effect |
permanent prohibition of private feuds
ⓘ
restriction of private warfare among imperial estates ⓘ shift of conflict resolution to imperial courts ⓘ strengthening of public peace ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
imperial authorities
ⓘ
imperial courts ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key step in the transition from private to public forms of justice
ⓘ
milestone in the development of territorial statehood in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influenced |
centralization of legal authority in the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
development of imperial judicial institutions ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple | monopoly of legitimate violence by public authorities ⓘ |
| legalStatus | permanent ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
outlawing of private feuds
ⓘ
regulation of violence among imperial estates ⓘ |
| partOf | imperial reforms of 1495 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to end private feuds within the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
to establish a more centralized legal order ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Landfrieden
NERFINISHED
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imperial reform ⓘ public peace ⓘ |
| replaces | temporary peace ordinances ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | from 1495 onward ⓘ |
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