Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627)
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The Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627) was a Habsburg-imposed constitutional settlement that curtailed the political autonomy of the Bohemian estates, entrenched hereditary Habsburg rule, and enforced Catholic dominance in the Kingdom of Bohemia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627) canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Habsburg-imposed constitution
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constitutional settlement ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
curtailing political autonomy of the Bohemian estates
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enforcing Catholicism as dominant religion in Bohemia ⓘ entrenching hereditary Habsburg rule in Bohemia ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Bohemian clergy
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Bohemian nobility ⓘ Bohemian towns ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Thirty Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalChange |
redefined relationship between king and estates in favor of the crown
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transformed Bohemia into a more absolutist monarchy ⓘ weakened estate-based representation ⓘ |
| context |
aftermath of the Battle of White Mountain
ⓘ
aftermath of the Bohemian Revolt ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1627 ⓘ |
| effect |
confirmed hereditary succession of the Habsburgs in the male line
ⓘ
limited religious freedoms of non-Catholics ⓘ reduced powers of the Bohemian estates diet ⓘ strengthened royal prerogatives of the Bohemian king ⓘ |
| follows | Bohemian Estates’ constitutional order before 1620 ⓘ |
| governs |
competences of the Bohemian diet
ⓘ
religious practice in the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ rights and obligations of Bohemian estates ⓘ succession to the Bohemian throne ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
anchored Bohemia firmly within the Habsburg composite monarchy
ⓘ
key instrument of Habsburg confessional and political consolidation in Bohemia ⓘ marked the end of significant political autonomy of the Bohemian estates ⓘ |
| imposedBy |
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Habsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Czech
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| legalForm | renewal and modification of the Bohemian Land Ordinance (zemské zřízení) ⓘ |
| legalStatus | fundamental law of the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Catholic dominance in Bohemia
ⓘ
hereditary Habsburg rule in Bohemia ⓘ restriction of Bohemian estates’ political rights ⓘ |
| partOf |
Habsburg centralization of power in the Bohemian Crown lands
ⓘ
Habsburg re-Catholicization policies in the Czech lands ⓘ |
| placeOfPromulgation | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Bohemian Renewed Land Ordinance for Moravia (1628) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy |
established Catholicism as the only permitted public religion
ⓘ
outlawed or severely restricted Protestant confessions in Bohemia ⓘ |
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