Great Privilege

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Great Privilege was a 1477 constitutional charter that restored and guaranteed traditional rights and local autonomy to the provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Groot Privilege 2
Great Privilege canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional charter ⓘ
historical legal document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grand Privilège ⓘ
Groot Privilege ⓘ
linked to: Great Privilege
appliesTo Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Holland ⓘ
County of Zeeland ⓘ
linked to: province of Zeeland

Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
other provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
confirmed judicial autonomy of local courts ⓘ
privileges of towns and cities ⓘ
country Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
dateSigned 1477 ⓘ
follows centralizing policies of the Burgundian dukes ⓘ
granted provincial States the right to approve taxation ⓘ
grantedBy Mary of Burgundy ⓘ
hasEffect increase of provincial particularism ⓘ
weakening of Burgundian centralization ⓘ
hasTopic decentralization of power ⓘ
provincial privileges ⓘ
urban liberties ⓘ
influenced later constitutional developments in the Low Countries ⓘ
isPartOf constitutional history of the Low Countries ⓘ
jurisdiction provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ
legalStatus charter of liberties ⓘ
limited central authority of the sovereign ⓘ
locationSigned Ghent ⓘ
motivatedBy need for support of the provinces after death of Charles the Bold ⓘ
precededBy reign of Charles the Bold ⓘ
prohibited creation of new courts without provincial consent ⓘ
relatedTo Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
Mary of Burgundy ⓘ
States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
required consent of provincial States for treaties ⓘ
consent of provincial States for war declaration ⓘ
restored local autonomy of the provinces ⓘ
traditional rights of the provinces ⓘ
signatory Mary of Burgundy ⓘ
stipulated that high officials must be natives of the provinces ⓘ
strengthened powers of the States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
timePeriod 15th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Mary of Burgundy → signedDocument → Great Privilege ⓘ
Great Privilege of 1477 → alsoKnownAs → Groot Privilege ⓘ
linked to: Great Privilege
Great Privilege → alsoKnownAs → Groot Privilege ⓘ
linked to: Great Privilege