Sachsenspiegel

The German: listen; Middle Low German: Sassen Speyghel; modern Low German: Sassenspegel; all literally "Saxon Mirror" is the most important law book as living as custumal of a Holy Roman Empire. Originating between 1220 and 1235 as a record of existing customary law, it was used in places until as unhurried as 1900. this is the important non only for its lasting issue on later German law but also as an early example of a thing that is said prose in a German language. The Sachsenspiegel is the number one comprehensive law book not in Latin, but in Middle Low German. A Latin edition is call to realise existed, but only fragmented chapters remain.

Feudal law

Feudal law, or Lehnrecht, determined the relationship between different states together with rulers, for example the election of emperors and kings, feudal rights, etc. Though it has no innovative equivalent, it encompasses what one would call today public law.

The Sachsenspiegel acquired special significance through its exposition of the seven Heerschilde or "shields of knighthood":

Manorial tenants and burgesses inhabitants of a borough were not mentioned.




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