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Oaths of Reconciliation (Urfehdewesen) and Reform of Criminal Justice in the Early 16.. Century of Germany

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17530010
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Fundamental law
Research InstitutionKumamoto University

Principal Investigator

WAKASONE Kenji  Kumamoto University, Faculty of Low, Professor (40039970)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2008
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywordsoath of reconciliation / feud and defiance / friendship and enmity / retribution and reparation / the act of making peace / arrest and imprisonment / Constitutio Criminalis Carolina / court procedure and atonement / 騎士的ウァフェーデ / 騎士的市民的ウァフェーデ / 市民的都市司直的ウァフェーデ / 友愛の法 / カール五世刑事裁判令(カロリーナ) / 帝国裁判制度の改革 / ウァフェーデ誓約証書 / ウァフェーデの破約 / 刑事刑と贖罪 / 和解 / 保証 / 収牢と釈放 / 請願 / ザクセンシュピーゲル / 和解の保証 / 保証(人)
Research Abstract

In the Later Medieval Ages and Early Modern Times of Germany (13. into17. Century) we are concerned with the Oath of Conciliation (Urfehde: renunciation of vengeance) above all by those under arrest and imprisonment, especially in three forms: (1) Knightly, (2) Civil-Knghtly and (3) Civil Oath of Conciliation; man can find the forms not only within, but also without court procedure
The Letters of Reconciliation (Urfehdebriefe) show us how integral such Oaths were to the Making Peace: In the Knightly, and Civil-Knghtly Oaths of Rerconciliation those under arrest swore to the opponents of feud that they would not use their imprisonment as an oocasion for seeking vengeance. And Civil Oath of Conciliation was always necessary to protect the Judges, Officials and Servants of the City from the vengeance by him whom they had condemned or his blood relatives and friends.
Above all the Civil Oath of Conciliation has to a profound degree taken a part in the Process of Social Discipline (Soziale Disziplinierung) of Citizenship, i. e. the Act of Making Peace by the City Authorities(the magistrates and town councils), in the Later Middle Ages (14. and15. Century).
On the other hand, as Constitutio Criminalis Carolina of 1532 us shows, to impose such Oaths was able to prevent a citizen from bringing against Judges, Officials and Servants, those responsible for his arrest and conviction, the matter rightly to the court; this is a reason, it seems, that the Imperial Court had no other choice than to decide to reform courts in the Early Modern Times of Germany.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2009 2008 2007 2006

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] 平和形成としての紛争-フェーデ通告状の考察から-2008

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Journal Title

      熊本法学 113

      Pages: 368-464

    • NAID

      110006949973

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ウァフェーデ制度形成の諸段階-中世後期南ドイツの都市を中心に-2008

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Journal Title

      熊本法学 114

      Pages: 68-142

    • NAID

      110006949994

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] フランケン・ウァフェーデの一考察-騎士の都市勤務を中心に-2008

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Journal Title

      熊本ロージャーナル 2

      Pages: 57-94

    • NAID

      110007121209

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Conflict as Making Peace : A Study of Defiance (Absage)2008

    • Author(s)
      Wakasone. Kenji
    • Journal Title

      in : Kumamoto Law Review vol. 113

      Pages: 368-464

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Stages of Formation of Urfehde (Oath of Conciliation)2008

    • Author(s)
      Wakasone. Kenji
    • Journal Title

      in : Kumamoto Law Review vol. 114

      Pages: 68-142

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Study of Urfehde (Oath of Conciliation) in Franken of the Later Fourteenth Century. in.2008

    • Author(s)
      Wakasone. Kenji
    • Journal Title

      in : Kumamoto Law Journal vol. 2

      Pages: 57-94

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ウァフェーデ制度形成の三段階-中世後期南ドイツの都市を中心に-2008

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Journal Title

      熊本法学(熊本大学法学会) 114

      Pages: 68-142

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Feud : Ritualized Conflict as Judicial Process in Germany of the Later Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.2007

    • Author(s)
      Wakasone. Kenji
    • Journal Title

      in : The Haskins Society Journal, Japan. Studies in Medieval History vol. 3

      Pages: 23-28

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] フェーデとウァフェーデについて2007

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Organizer
      ヨーロッパ中世史研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-05-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] ウァフェーデの研究-ドイツ刑事法史考-2009

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Total Pages
      467
    • Publisher
      多賀出版
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Study of Urfehde (Oath of Conciliation)2009

    • Author(s)
      Wakasone. Kenji
    • Total Pages
      467
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] ウァフェーデの研究-ドイツ刑事法史考-2009

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治
    • Total Pages
      471
    • Publisher
      多賀出版株式会社
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 西洋法制史学の現在2006

    • Author(s)
      若曽根健治(共著)
    • Total Pages
      822
    • Publisher
      創文社
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 西洋法制史学の現在2006

    • Author(s)
      若曽根 健治(共著)
    • Total Pages
      145
    • Publisher
      創文社
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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