What is Laienspiegel?
{{italic title}} [[File:Punishing-witches-Laienspiegel.jpg|thumb|''Punishing [[witch]]es'' is an illustration from the Laienspiegel]] The work commonly referred to as '''''Laienspiegel''''' is a book of [[law]]. It was published in [[Mainz]], in 1509. Its full title is ''Laijen Spiegel. von rechtmässigen ordnungen in Burgerlichen vnd peinlichen regimenten. mit allegation[en] vn[d] bewerungen auß geschribnen rechten vnnd gesatzen''. This can be roughly translated as ''A layman's guide, of the correct order of civil and criminal regiments, with illustrations of written rights and laws.''. It was written by [[Ulrich Tengler]], and published by [[Sebastian Brant]]. There was a second edition in 1511. The work was very important, there were 14 editions of it in the [[16th century]]. The work is divided in three parts. It contains private law, criminal law, and law of the public institutions. The publication is much like the [[Klagspiegel]] of 1436. Other similar works are the [[Malleus Maleficarum]] of the [[13th century]], and the [[Constitutio Criminalis Bambergensis]]. ==Other websites== * [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/drwtengler1510 Completely digitised edition of the Work (Univ. Heidelberg) (German)] {{lit-stub}} [[Category:1509]] [[Category:Non-fiction books]] [[Category:16th century in Germany]] [[Category:Mainz]] [[Category:Law of Germany]] [[Category:16th-century books]] [[Category:1500s works]]