Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627)

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The Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627) was a Habsburg-imposed constitutional settlement that curtailed the political autonomy of the Bohemian estates, entrenched hereditary Habsburg rule, and enforced Catholic dominance in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

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Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Habsburg-imposed constitution ⓘ
constitutional settlement ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
aimedAt curtailing political autonomy of the Bohemian estates ⓘ
enforcing Catholicism as dominant religion in Bohemia ⓘ
entrenching hereditary Habsburg rule in Bohemia ⓘ
appliesTo Bohemian clergy ⓘ
Bohemian nobility ⓘ
Bohemian towns ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Thirty Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Thirty Years' War
constitutionalChange redefined relationship between king and estates in favor of the crown ⓘ
transformed Bohemia into a more absolutist monarchy ⓘ
weakened estate-based representation ⓘ
context aftermath of the Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
aftermath of the Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
country Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
dateEnacted 1627 ⓘ
effect confirmed hereditary succession of the Habsburgs in the male line ⓘ
limited religious freedoms of non-Catholics ⓘ
reduced powers of the Bohemian estates diet ⓘ
strengthened royal prerogatives of the Bohemian king ⓘ
follows Bohemian Estates’ constitutional order before 1620 ⓘ
governs competences of the Bohemian diet ⓘ
religious practice in the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
rights and obligations of Bohemian estates ⓘ
succession to the Bohemian throne ⓘ
historicalSignificance anchored Bohemia firmly within the Habsburg composite monarchy ⓘ
key instrument of Habsburg confessional and political consolidation in Bohemia ⓘ
marked the end of significant political autonomy of the Bohemian estates ⓘ
imposedBy Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
language Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalForm renewal and modification of the Bohemian Land Ordinance (zemské zřízení) ⓘ
legalStatus fundamental law of the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
mainSubject Catholic dominance in Bohemia ⓘ
hereditary Habsburg rule in Bohemia ⓘ
restriction of Bohemian estates’ political rights ⓘ
partOf Habsburg centralization of power in the Bohemian Crown lands ⓘ
Habsburg re-Catholicization policies in the Czech lands ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation Prague ⓘ
relatedTo Bohemian Renewed Land Ordinance for Moravia (1628) ⓘ
religiousPolicy established Catholicism as the only permitted public religion ⓘ
outlawed or severely restricted Protestant confessions in Bohemia ⓘ

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Bohemian estates → affectedBy → Renewed Ordinance of the Land (1627) ⓘ