Laudemium
The Laudemium or Laudimium , even attack , entrance money , pledge money or hand labor called, refers to a medieval duty as a tax on change of ownership through inheritance, purchase or exchange in particular rural fiefdoms matured and could be two to fifteen percent of the property value. In the event of inheritance, it could be added to the mortuary . Overall, the laudemium could be a significant burden, especially since the payment had to be made in one sum. Initially intended as a conventional gift of honor ( laudare in the sense of the gentleman's consent to a change of ownership), in the course of the early modern period it was increasingly expanded into a legal institution and in the interests of the sovereigns in its possible applications. In contrast to the strictly feudal relevium , the laudemium in the Roman-German Empire could also refer to the feudal goods (loan money) that had to be made as payment to the feudal lord, and here above all to the king, as a rule when he was raised to the imperial prince 's rank and their performance was sporadic since 1002, increasingly since the end of the 12th century.
See also
literature
- Dieter Hägermann : Laudemium . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 5, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-8905-0 , column 1753 (with lit.).
Web links
- Laudemium in the concise dictionary on German legal history digital (excerpt)
- Literature in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii