Elector covenant and kingship in the Hussite WarsOf admin | 12.
June 2010 | Category: Digital Library, History, Church History |
Comments Off The Golden Bull of Charles IV. of 1356 confirmed
the seven electors have the sole right to select the Roman king.
A clear choice decision should be ensured for the future;
Therefore the Imperial Act settled the secular electors
determine the legitimacy of electoral house lines and the
indivisibility of Kurlande, regulated the succession issues and
took Rhenser determination of the majority principle. The
outstanding position of the seven rich princely king voters, who
found themselves apostrophized as columns and next members of
the Empire, was supported in terms of their territorial
sovereignty in the Kurlanden, indem Karl IV. ihnen eine Reihe
wichtiger Rechte und Regalien überließ oder bestätigte…. Mathis,
Christiane: Gesellschaft für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte,
Mainz 1978 (Download)