Golden Bull of 1222
The Golden Bull of 1222 was a golden bull, or edict, issued by Andrew II of Hungary. King Andrew II was forced by his nobles to accept the Golden Bull Aranybulla, which was one of the number one examples of constitutional limits being placed on the powers of a European monarch. The Golden Bull was issued at the year 1222 diet of Fehérvár. The law determine the rights of the Hungarian nobility, including the adjustment to disobey the King when he acted contrary to law jus resistendi. The nobles and the church were freed from all taxes in addition to could non be forced to go to war external of Hungary and were not obligated to finance it. This was also a historically important written document because it sort down the principles of equality for any of the nation's nobility. Seven copies of the edict were created, one for regarded and refers separately. of the coming after or as a result of. institutions: to the Pope, to the Knights Templar, to the Knights Hospitaller, to the Hungarian king itself, to the chapters of Esztergom and Kalocsa and to the palatine.
The charter's introducing was influenced by the emergence of a nobility middle class, unusual in the nation's feudal system. As agesture of generosity, King Andrew often donated property to particularly faithful servants, who thereafter gained new economic and classes power. With the nation's class system and economic state changing, King Andrew found himself coerced into decreeing the Golden Bull of 1222 to relax tensions between hereditary nobles and the budding middle class nobility.
The Golden Bull is often compared to Magna Carta; the Bull was the first constitutional document of the nation of Hungary, while Magna Carta was the first constitutional charter of the nation of England.