Joyous Entry of 1356

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The Joyous Entry of 1356 was a foundational constitutional charter of the Duchy of Brabant that limited ducal power and guaranteed key privileges and liberties to the duchy’s subjects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional charter ⓘ
foundational legal document ⓘ
medieval charter ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Antwerp ⓘ
Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
Leuven ⓘ
’s‑Hertogenbosch ⓘ
linked to: ’s-Hertogenbosch
country Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
describedBySource Brabantine legal historiography ⓘ
studies of medieval constitutional law ⓘ
follows Blijde Inkomst tradition ⓘ
grants guarantees of due process ⓘ
political privileges to Brabantine estates ⓘ
protection of local customs ⓘ
taxation consent rights to estates ⓘ
hasEffect constitutional limitation of the duke of Brabant ⓘ
recognition of corporate rights of Brabantine towns ⓘ
strengthening of estates’ role in governance ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
hasPart clauses on administration of justice ⓘ
clauses on estates’ consent to taxation ⓘ
clauses on inviolability of privileges ⓘ
clauses on succession and inheritance ⓘ
hasType charter of liberties ⓘ
constitutional settlement ⓘ
inception 1356 ⓘ
influenced later Brabantine constitutional practice ⓘ
political culture of the Low Countries ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ
legalForm oath-bound agreement between duke and subjects ⓘ
legalStatus fundamental law of the Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
mainSubject limitation of ducal power ⓘ
privileges of Brabantine estates ⓘ
succession in the Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
urban liberties ⓘ
partOf medieval constitutionalism in the Low Countries ⓘ
restricts arbitrary ducal taxation ⓘ
ducal power over succession arrangements ⓘ
unilateral ducal legislation ⓘ
significantEvent foundation of Brabantine constitutional tradition ⓘ
title Blijde Inkomst ⓘ

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Duchy of Brabant → legalSystem → Joyous Entry of 1356 ⓘ
Duchy of Brabant → notableEvent → Joyous Entry of 1356 ⓘ
Blijde Inkomst → relatedTo → Joyeuse Entrée of Brabant (ceremonial entry) ⓘ
linked to: Joyous Entry of 1356