Sachsenspiegel

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The Sachsenspiegel is a 13th-century German law book that systematized Saxon customary law and became one of the most influential legal codes in medieval Central Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf customary law compilation ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
medieval law book ⓘ
author Eike von Repgow ⓘ
containsPart Landrecht ⓘ
Lehnrecht ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfComposition 13th century ⓘ
c. 1220–1235 ⓘ
earliestManuscripts first half of the 13th century ⓘ
genre law book ⓘ
hasManuscript Dresdner Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel

Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel

Oldenburg Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel

Wolfenbütteler Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel
historicalSignificance key source for the history of German law and society ⓘ
one of the most influential legal codes in medieval Central Europe ⓘ
influenced Baltic city law ⓘ
Central European municipal law ⓘ
Czech medieval law ⓘ
German territorial law codes ⓘ
Hungarian medieval law ⓘ
Lübeck Law ⓘ
linked to: Lübeck law

Magdeburg Law ⓘ
linked to: Magdeburg rights

Polish medieval law ⓘ
Weichbild law collections ⓘ
language Middle Low German ⓘ
legalStatus customary law codification rather than imperial statute ⓘ
legalTradition German customary law ⓘ
Saxon customary law ⓘ
notableFeature contains extensive legal illustrations in some manuscripts ⓘ
one of the earliest major legal texts written in the vernacular in Germany ⓘ
placeAssociatedWith Anhalt ⓘ
Magdeburg ⓘ
preservedIn Heidelberg University Library ⓘ
Saxon State and University Library Dresden ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
script Gothic script ⓘ
subject criminal law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
feudal law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
land law ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
timeInUse early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
titleMeaning Mirror of the Saxons ⓘ
usedAs basis for regional law in northern and eastern Germany ⓘ
reference work for courts ⓘ

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Duchy of Saxony → associatedWith → Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
Old Frisian law codes → relatedTo → Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
Constitutio Criminalis Carolina → follows → Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
Sachsenspiegel → hasManuscript → Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel
Sachsenspiegel → hasManuscript → Dresdner Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel
Sachsenspiegel → hasManuscript → Oldenburg Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel
Sachsenspiegel → hasManuscript → Wolfenbütteler Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Sachsenspiegel
Schwabenspiegel → basedOn → Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
Schwabenspiegel → comparedWith → Sachsenspiegel ⓘ