The Vehmic courts, Vehmgericht, holy vehme, or simply Vehm, also spelt Feme, Vehmegericht, Fehmgericht, are names given to a tribunal system of Westphalia...
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course, although details about how to apply are scanty. Secret society Vehmic court A History of Freesmiths. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9781778035708. "Alte Orden der...
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Feme murders (redirect from Vehmic murder)
authorities or threatened to do so. The name alludes to the secretive Vehmic court system of the Middle Ages, which had authority to ordain capital punishment...
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protect their local codes. The legal reform seriously weakened the ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or Secret Tribunal of Westphalia, traditionally held to...
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represented Johann II von Reisberg, archbishop of Salzburg, before the Vehmic court. Shortly thereafter in 1434, Talhoffer was arrested and questioned by...
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he decided to establish a vehmic court at Ginsburg Castle in the Siegerland. However, the establishment of a vehmic court was not allowed without imperial...
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Cologne. 1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed. 1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date). 1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church...
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Holy Roman Empire (redirect from Imperial court (Holy Roman Empire))
protect local codes. The legal reform seriously weakened the ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or Secret Tribunal of Westphalia, traditionally held to...
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judge the accused.[citation needed] The same custom evolved into the vehmic court system in medieval Germany.[citation needed] In Anglo-Saxon England,...
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"'Richter die ihr richtet im Verborgenen': Literary Representations of the Vehmic Court in the Age of Goethe". Publications of the English Goethe Society. 89...
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town by powerful demonic forces and officials working for the shadowy Vehmic court. A work of alternate history, Pevel introduces small divergences from...
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co-opted for dynastic purposes. They acted to some extent like the Vehmic courts of Germany. Among the most powerful was the league of northern Castilian...
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where he was lowered from his bedroom to appear before a meeting of the Vehmic court or holy tribunal, and warned against speaking of their secret powers...
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to execute justice more quickly and effectively, John established a vehmic court on Ginsburg Castle. For the Blutgerichtsbarkeit (high jurisdiction) the...
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ancient oak, the Femeiche, thought to be 600–850 years old and named for Vehmic court sessions formerly held under it. Aerial view of Schloss Raesfeld on the...
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History of the German Empire under King Wenceslas. Die Veme, 1888 – The Vehmic court. Deutsche Geschichte unter den Habsburgern und Luxemburgern, 1273–1437...
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the Heidhof. At the Heidhof sentences were passed in the manner of a vehmic court (Femegerichte). The last execution in the Heidmark was in 1777. However...
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which had joined the Rhenish League of Cities, and was liege lord of Vehmic court in Wesenfort. He died in 1275, and was buried in Marienfeld Abbey. In...
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complaint to a vehmic court in Westphalia was unsuccessful, John the Younger resorted to a swearing letter which he sent to several noble courts. This swearing...
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suppression in 1835. The Vehmic courts of Germany provided some policing in the absence of strong state institutions. Such courts had a chairman who presided...
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seine Stellung in der deutschen Rechtsgeschichte, 1888 – The Westphalian Vehmic court and its position in German legal history. Die Chroniken des Mittelalters...
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Roman Empire until 1642. The legal reform seriously weakened the ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or Secret Tribunal of Westphalia, traditionally held to...
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Les francs-juges (redirect from The Judges of The Secret Court)
and the title literally means "The Free Judges", referring to the secret Vehmic trials held in the region during the late Middle Ages. The plot, with its...
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peasant landed gentry/court inmates.» Germanic law Landrecht (medieval) Landsgemeinde Lögsögumaður Medieval Scandinavian law Vehmic court Dilcher, Gerhard...
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