Soest Feud

E639100

The Soest Feud was a 15th-century conflict in which the town of Soest broke away from the ecclesiastical rule of the Archbishop of Cologne, significantly weakening the Duchy of Westphalia’s territorial control.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Soest Feud canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feud ⓘ
late medieval conflict ⓘ
cause conflict over territorial sovereignty ⓘ
urban resistance to ecclesiastical rule ⓘ
conflictType territorial conflict ⓘ
urban revolt ⓘ
describedBySource late medieval German chronicles ⓘ
endTime 1449 ⓘ
hasEffect end of ecclesiastical rule of the Archbishop of Cologne over Soest ⓘ
increased autonomy of the town of Soest ⓘ
shift in regional power balance in Westphalia ⓘ
weakening of the Duchy of Westphalia’s territorial control ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
location Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Soest ⓘ
mainSubject town of Soest ⓘ
linked to: Soest
opponent Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ
Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
participant Archbishopric of Cologne ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves-Mark ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Cleves

citizens of Soest ⓘ
partOf history of Westphalia ⓘ
history of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
pointInTime 15th century ⓘ
result Soest breaks away from rule of Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ
loss of control over Soest for the Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
significantPlace Soest city walls ⓘ
linked to: City wall of Soest

territory of the Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
startTime 1444 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Westphalia → notableEvent → Soest Feud ⓘ
Soest → historicalEvent → Soest Feud ⓘ