Constitutions, State and Estates: Interactions between Princely Restrictions and Reforms, Privileges of the Governed and the Control of Absolute Power in the Burgundian Low Countries
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3 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.psorbonne.54363
- isbn: 9791035102784
- eisbn: 9791035105792
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Jonas Braekevelt, « Constitutions, State and Estates: Interactions between Princely Restrictions and Reforms, Privileges of the Governed and the Control of Absolute Power in the Burgundian Low Countries », Publications de la Sorbonne, ID : 10.4000/books.psorbonne.54363
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In 1477, the Estates of the Low Countries managed to obtain from Duchess Mary of Burgundy several solemn privileges that confirmed and protected the rights of her subjects. These privileges have often been considered as constitutional, or at least proto-constitutional texts, provoked by the authoritarian rule of her predecessor as well as influenced by local traditions of popular representation. In this contribution, I intend to demonstrate that these privileges were also rooted in previous d...