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.
All labels observed (1)
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| Eternal Peace of 1495 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eternal Peace of 1495 Context triple: [Imperial Reform, hasLegalBasis, Eternal Peace of 1495]
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A.
Twelve Years' Truce
The Twelve Years' Truce was a temporary ceasefire (1609–1621) between Spain and the Dutch Republic that effectively recognized Dutch independence and paused the Eighty Years' War.
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B.
Eternal Peace Treaty (1686)
The Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686 was a landmark agreement between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that confirmed Russian control over Left-bank Ukraine and helped reshape the political order in Eastern Europe.
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C.
Treaty of Oliva
The Treaty of Oliva was a 1660 peace agreement that ended the Northern Wars between Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Brandenburg-Prussia, confirming Sweden’s great-power status in the Baltic region.
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D.
Peace of Venice
The Peace of Venice was a 1177 treaty that ended the conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League, restoring papal-imperial relations in medieval Europe.
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E.
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was a 1559 peace agreement that ended the Italian Wars between France and Spain, reshaping control of territories in Italy and Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eternal Peace of 1495 Target entity description: 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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A.
Twelve Years' Truce
The Twelve Years' Truce was a temporary ceasefire (1609–1621) between Spain and the Dutch Republic that effectively recognized Dutch independence and paused the Eighty Years' War.
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B.
Eternal Peace Treaty (1686)
The Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686 was a landmark agreement between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that confirmed Russian control over Left-bank Ukraine and helped reshape the political order in Eastern Europe.
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C.
Treaty of Oliva
The Treaty of Oliva was a 1660 peace agreement that ended the Northern Wars between Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Brandenburg-Prussia, confirming Sweden’s great-power status in the Baltic region.
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D.
Peace of Venice
The Peace of Venice was a 1177 treaty that ended the conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League, restoring papal-imperial relations in medieval Europe.
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E.
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was a 1559 peace agreement that ended the Italian Wars between France and Spain, reshaping control of territories in Italy and Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial law
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legal reform ⓘ peace ordinance ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
imperial cities
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imperial estates ⓘ imperial knights ⓘ territorial princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| 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
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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
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Latin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key step in the transition from private to public forms of justice
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milestone in the development of territorial statehood in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influenced |
centralization of legal authority in the Holy Roman Empire
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development of imperial judicial institutions ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple | monopoly of legitimate violence by public authorities ⓘ |
| legalStatus | permanent ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
outlawing of private feuds
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regulation of violence among imperial estates ⓘ |
| partOf | imperial reforms of 1495 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to end private feuds within the Holy Roman Empire
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to establish a more centralized legal order ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Landfrieden
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imperial reform ⓘ public peace ⓘ |
| replaces | temporary peace ordinances ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | from 1495 onward ⓘ |
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Subject: Eternal Peace of 1495 Description of subject: 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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