Unity

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Union ( Middle High German , the einunge , alemannisch also the Einig ) referred to in the medieval legal language , first one on oath ( oath founded) contractual agreement (coniuratio) . The community established by the agreement is also called unity , for example the urban oath communities of citizens or the associations of craftsmen and merchants in guilds and guilds . After all, the legal statute created by the oath is also called unification . The legal form of unification includes both areas of subjective law , in the form of individual self-commitment through the oath, and areas of objective law , as legislation for social regulation. In the Hotzenwald the areas were divided into units, see the article → History of the Saltpeterer for more information

The use of the term “unity” has been proven since the early 11th century. In historical studies, unification is used as a collective historical term for all types of corporate associations. The broader understanding of unification therefore includes not only urban unions and covenants, but also the inheritance of dynastic ruling families .

Inheritance

Basically, there are two types of contract for inheritance:

  1. Contracts to maintain the peace , which should also bind the successors ( heirs ) of the contractual partners. Legacies thus served to create lasting political relationships and alliances .
  2. On this basis, two princely houses were bound to one another through even more extensive inheritance, then also called "hereditary brotherhoods", in which reciprocal inheritance rights were decreed in the event that a house died out. The inheritance and fraternization agreements were usually drawn up in two separate contractual instruments, but their creation was usually closely related in terms of subject matter and time. One reason for the separate copies may be that hereditary fraternities required the confirmation of the emperor because of their inheritance and feudal law provisions, but not inheritance in the narrower sense.

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literature

  • Hagen Rahnenführer: Unity. In: German dictionary by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. Volume 7, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1993, columns 1118-1120.

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