The Vehmic courts, Vehmgericht, holy vehme, or simply Vehm, also spelt Feme, Vehmegericht, Fehmgericht, are names given to a tribunal system of Westphalia...
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course, although details about how to apply are scanty. Secret society Vehmic court A History of Freesmiths. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9781778035708. "Alte Orden der...
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Feme murders (redirect from Vehmic murder)
authorities or threatened to do so. The name alludes to the secretive Vehmic court system of the Middle Ages, which had authority to ordain capital punishment...
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protect their local codes. The legal reform seriously weakened the ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or Secret Tribunal of Westphalia, traditionally held to...
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represented Johann II von Reisberg, archbishop of Salzburg, before the Vehmic court. Shortly thereafter in 1434, Talhoffer was arrested and questioned by...
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he decided to establish a vehmic court at Ginsburg Castle in the Siegerland. However, the establishment of a vehmic court was not allowed without imperial...
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Holy Roman Empire (redirect from Imperial court (Holy Roman Empire))
protect local codes. The legal reform seriously weakened the ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or Secret Tribunal of Westphalia, traditionally held to...
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"'Richter die ihr richtet im Verborgenen': Literary Representations of the Vehmic Court in the Age of Goethe". Publications of the English Goethe Society. 89...
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judge the accused.[citation needed] The same custom evolved into the vehmic court system in medieval Germany.[citation needed] In Anglo-Saxon England,...
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Cologne. 1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed. 1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date). 1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church...
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