Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina)
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Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) was a 1532 criminal code of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V that standardized criminal law and procedure, including regulations on witchcraft prosecutions, across much of German-speaking Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2258452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) Context triple: [European witch hunts, hasLegalBasis, Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina)]
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Clarendon Code
The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.
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The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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Ruffhead’s Statutes
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Liber Iudiciorum
Liber Iudiciorum is a 7th-century Visigothic legal code that systematized Roman and Germanic law in the Iberian Peninsula and became a foundational source for later medieval Spanish jurisprudence.
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Statute of Quia Emptores
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) Target entity description: Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) was a 1532 criminal code of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V that standardized criminal law and procedure, including regulations on witchcraft prosecutions, across much of German-speaking Europe.
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A.
Clarendon Code
The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.
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B.
The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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C.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
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D.
Liber Iudiciorum
Liber Iudiciorum is a 7th-century Visigothic legal code that systematized Roman and Germanic law in the Iberian Peninsula and became a foundational source for later medieval Spanish jurisprudence.
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E.
Statute of Quia Emptores
The Statute of Quia Emptores is a 1290 English law that reformed feudal landholding by allowing free alienation of land and effectively halting the creation of new feudal tenures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal code
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early modern legal text ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| aim |
restriction of arbitrary judicial practices
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standardization of criminal law in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ unification of criminal procedure ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appliesToRegion |
Central Europe
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German-speaking Europe ⓘ |
| containsRegulationOn |
appeal procedures
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competence of courts ⓘ confession as queen of proofs ⓘ rules of evidence ⓘ use of torture in criminal investigations ⓘ witchcraft and sorcery ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfEnactment | 1532 ⓘ |
| follows |
Sachsenspiegel
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Schwabenspiegel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Carolina
ⓘ
Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form:
Peinliche Gerichtsordnung Kaiser Karls V.
|
| hasPart |
provisions on blasphemy
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provisions on bodily injury ⓘ provisions on high treason ⓘ provisions on infanticide ⓘ provisions on robbery ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern European criminal law
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later German territorial criminal codes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian criminal law traditions
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canon law ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | 18th century in many German territories ⓘ |
| language |
Early New High German
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Latin ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
nulla poena sine lege (no punishment without law)
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requirement of proof or strong suspicion before torture ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
imperial law
ⓘ
subsidiary law in territorial courts ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| placeOfEnactment |
Perpetual Diet of Regensburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Diet of Regensburg
|
| promulgatedBy | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| reignOf | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| subject |
arson law
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criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ homicide law ⓘ perjury ⓘ procedural safeguards ⓘ sexual offenses ⓘ theft law ⓘ torture regulation ⓘ witchcraft prosecution ⓘ |
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Subject: Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) Description of subject: Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) was a 1532 criminal code of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V that standardized criminal law and procedure, including regulations on witchcraft prosecutions, across much of German-speaking Europe.
Referenced by (2)
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