Hand-written records on decision-making at the Emperial Chamber Court (1524-1627)

The Emperial Chamber Court is nowadays being regarded as one of the best functioning institutions of the Holy Roman Empire – although neither its organisation nor its practice of decision-making could so far be sufficiently explored.

This has changed now due to substantial records recently found and registrated: a series of protocols written by judges at the Emperial Chamber Court in the period between 1524, shortly before it became established in the city of speyer, until 1627, a year which marks the end of the court‘s first flourishing period. On June 30th Prof. Dr. Baumann completed her work on registrating these sources in the context of a DFG-financed project. On this website you will find the results in form of a Microsoft-Access® Database.

Publications:

Anette Baumann: Die Gutachten der Richter - Ungedruckte Quellen zum Entscheidungsprozess am Reichskammergericht (1524-1627) (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung, Heft 43), Wetzlar 2015.