Pawnbrokers

A Pfandlehen ( Middle High German : Phantlehen ; Latin feudum pignoratitium ) was a legal practice known since the 12th century and controversial in its admissibility, an intermediate form of feudal law and lien with an unclear legal systematic classification.

This was a redeemable feudal right to the real estate or other good used as pledge, granted by the liege to his lender (i.e. his creditor ) . The real estate of the debtor taken by the obligee as pledge thus became at the same time the fief of the obligee, who thereby became the debtor's liege. The feudal lord could therefore exert pressure on the feudal lord / creditor by threatening redemption, since he was placed under the sovereignty of the debtor.

literature

• Karl-Friedrich Krieger: The feudal sovereignty of the German kings in the late Middle Ages (approx. 1200–1437) . Scientia, Aalen 1979, ISBN 3-511-02843-4
• CG Homeyer: The second part of the Saxon mirror . 2nd volume. Berlin 1844 (pp. 345-351).
• Pawnbrokers . In: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 10 , issue 5/6 (edited by Heino Speer and others). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-7400-0986-1 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de ).