The work commonly referred to as ''Laienspiegel'' is a book of
law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
. It was published in
Augsburg
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, in 1509. Its full title is ''″Laijen Spiegel. von rechtmässigen ordnungen in Burgerlichen vnd peinlichen regimenten. mit allegation
nvn
bewerungen auß geschribnen rechten vnnd gesatzen“''.
This can be roughly translated as ''A layman's guide, of the correct order of civil and criminal regiments, with illustrations of written rights and laws.'' It was written by
Ulrich Tengler, and published by
Sebastian Brant
Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire '' Das Narrenschiff'' (''The Ship of Fools'').
Biography
Brant was born in Strasbourg to an innkeeper but eventually enter ...
. There was a second edition in 1511. The work was important enough to warrant 14 editions of its publication in the 16th century.
The work is divided in three parts. It contains
private law,
criminal law, and law of the public institutions. The publication is much like the ''
Klagspiegel'' of 1436. Other similar works are the ''
Malleus Maleficarum
The ''Malleus Maleficarum'', usually translated as the ''Hammer of Witches'', is the best known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name ''Henricus Institor'') and first ...
'' of the 15th century, and the ''
Constitutio Criminalis Bambergensis''.
References
External links
Completely digitised edition of the Work(Univ. Heidelberg) (German)
Law books
Legal history of Germany
Witchcraft in Germany
Witch hunter manuals
Witchcraft treatises
1509 books
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