TOWN PRIVILEGES
'' 'City rights' redirects here.''
'Town privileges' were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
Judicially, a town was distinguished from the surrounding land by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws. Common privileges were related to trading (to have a market, to store goods, etc) and the establishment of guilds. Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a city, hence the term 'city rights'. Some degree of self-government, representation in a diet, and tax-relief could also be granted.
In the Anglophone world, see municipal charter.
★ German town law
★ Kulm law
★ Lübeck law
★ Magdeburg rights
★ Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis
★ City rights in the Low Countries
★ City status in the United Kingdom
★ City status in Sweden
★ Imperial free city
★ Scottish Burgh
'Town privileges' were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
Judicially, a town was distinguished from the surrounding land by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws. Common privileges were related to trading (to have a market, to store goods, etc) and the establishment of guilds. Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a city, hence the term 'city rights'. Some degree of self-government, representation in a diet, and tax-relief could also be granted.
In the Anglophone world, see municipal charter.
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See also
★ German town law
★ Kulm law
★ Lübeck law
★ Magdeburg rights
★ Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis
★ City rights in the Low Countries
★ City status in the United Kingdom
★ City status in Sweden
★ Imperial free city
★ Scottish Burgh
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