Ius Ducale

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In the early medieval Slavic states, the right of rulers to collect services and taxes was called Ius Ducale . The 9th - 10th century is considered to be the time of its creation. The ius ducale remained in its full extent until the 14th century. Parts of it were preserved (e.g. in Silesia ) until the 19th century. From the 11th century onwards, services and taxes were gradually dismantled and finally almost completely abolished due to the transfer of economic and judicial immunities to aristocratic and clergy lords. The award of the ius Teutonicum (also libertas Teutonica ) to villages and towns in the 13th and 14th centuries also made a decisive contribution to this process . The in kind and services were on now through Beden replaced and taxes. The iura ducalia sometimes appear in documents as ius Bohemicale , ius Polonicum , ius Slavicum etc.

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