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Contemplations about the Golden Bull Never Received by Carniolans.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56420/Zgodovinskicasopis.2021.3-4.03Keywords:
hereditary homage, Frederick III., Count of Celja, Carniola nobility˙s, nobility˙s privilegesAbstract
The treatise at hand deals with circumstances associated with the non-issue of the Carniolan Golden Bull in 1444, whereby the “discovery” of its draft adds other dimensions to the story and raises new questions. It contains a brief overview of the political climate in the fi rst half of the 1440s, which was marked by the Habsburg-Celje antagonism. Frederick V/III’s journey in Inner Austria is presented and the associated confirmations of privileges to the nobility. The relationship between the Habsburgs and the Counts of Celje after the settlement and the contract of inheritance is analyzed, with particular attention being paid to the situation that Frederick was faced with in Carniola. Additional “Styrian” rights from the draft of the Golden Bull are published, as are those that were actually issued (1460). The article concludes with an attempt to explain why the atmosphere soured at the last minute in the winter of 1444 and why Carniolans did not receive the Golden Bull.
