Emergence of territorial principalities and the decline of central authority (13th–15th centuries)

1. Privilegium Minus elevates Austria to a duchy

   Sep 17, 1156Labels: Privilegium Minus, Babenbergs, Emperor Frederick

   • Privilegium Minus

2. Henry the Lion outlawed and his lands redistributed

   Jan 1, 1180Labels: Henry the, Welf dynasty, Ducal lands

   • Britannica

3. Sachsenspiegel compiled as a German law book

   Jan 1, 1220Labels: Sachsenspiegel, German customary

   • LOC
   • DNB

4. Confoederatio grants regalian rights to bishops

   Apr 26, 1220Labels: Confoederatio, Emperor Frederick, Ecclesiastical princes

   • MGH text
   • Wikipedia

5. Statutum in favorem principum empowers secular princes

   May 1, 1231Labels: Statutum in, Secular princes

   • Wikipedia

6. Mainz Landfriede establishes an empire-wide public peace

   Aug 15, 1235Labels: Mainz Landfriede, Emperor Frederick

   • Mainzer Landfriede
   • Landfrieden

7. Great Interregnum deepens territorial fragmentation

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: Great Interregnum, Electoral crisis

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Germany

8. Death of Frederick II weakens central authority

   Dec 13, 1250Labels: Frederick II, Hohenstaufen dynasty

   • Britannica

9. Rudolf I elected King of the Romans

   Oct 1, 1273Labels: Rudolf I, House of

   • Britannica Rudolf
   • Habsburger net

10. Treaty of Pavia divides Wittelsbach inheritance

    Jan 1, 1329Labels: Treaty of, Wittelsbach dynasty

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia

11. Kurverein of Rhense asserts electors’ majority rule

    Jul 16, 1338Labels: Kurverein of, Prince-electors

    • Kurverein

12. Golden Bull codifies electoral politics and territorial rights

    Jan 10, 1356Labels: Golden Bull, Charles IV, Electoral college

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia

13. Swabian League formed as a regional security alliance

    Jan 1, 1488Labels: Swabian League, Southwest Germany

    • Swabian Circle

14. Imperial Reform at Worms establishes Reichskammergericht

    Jan 1, 1495Labels: Imperial Reform, Reichskammergericht

    • Britannica RKG
    • Britannica Worms

15. Ewiger Landfriede outlaws private feuding across the Empire

    Aug 7, 1495Labels: Ewiger Landfriede, Perpetual Public

    • Ewiger Landfriede
    • Wikipedia

16. Diet of Augsburg introduces the first Imperial Circles

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Diet of, Imperial Circles

    • Imperial circle