Ius indigenatus

Ius indigenatus is a legal term which refers to the rights of citizenship in Prussia. It was originally written in German and applied to the land of Prussia. The eastern Ducal Prussia remained closely associated with the western Prussia royal share, from 1466 to 1773 in personal union the King of Poland as a patron with title Magnus Dux Prussiae by the common citizen.

The right of the locals, which the Prussian Confederation was to assure as one of the royal privileges when joining in 1454, has been approved by each new king, before it was accepted. It limited the Polish intervention and regulated the government. In particular, offices and land ownership was long-established Prussia reserved.

According to Karin Friedrich The Other Prussia ( pages 36-39 ), the Prussian Indigenat was the source of all Prussian freedom and even after 1569 when Poland wanted to introduce in Polish Prussia Indigenat, was rejected in the Prussia as the worst injustice. 1696 was the ius indigenatus in western Prussia remains a central point.

Credentials

• Karin Friedrich: The Other Prussia. Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569-1772. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, among others 2000, ISBN 0-521-58335-7 ( Cambridge Studies in early modern history); Online in the Google Book Search
• Michael G. Müller: Second Reformation and Urban autonomy in Royal Prussia. Danzig, Elbing and Thorn in the era of confessionalisation ( 1557-1660 ). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-050-03215-4 ( Publications of the Historical Commission of Berlin), ( at the same time. Berlin, Univ, Habil - Schr, 1993. ).
• Hans -Jürgen Bömelburg: Between Polish Society and the Prussian authoritarian state. From Royal Prussia West Prussia ( 1756-1806 ). Oldenbourg, München 1995, ISBN 3-486-56127-8 ( writings of the Federal Institute for East German culture and history 5), ( At the same time: Mainz, Univ, Diss, 1993. ).

• Legal language
• Latin phrase
• Law ( Prussia)
• Royal Prussia