Reformatio Sigismundi

In connection with the efforts to reform the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Sigismund (1410-1437) was written by an author remained anonymous, 1439 at the Council of Basel Scripture Reformatio Sigismundi that are wrongly based on the German rulers convened.

The Reformatio was written in German and probably by the most widespread reform of their time writing. The text was first printed in 1476 and lived until 1522 seven new editions. Also, he has been even partially treated in the 15th century as an imperial law. The Reformatio is at the beginning of a development that constitutional and political principles formulated not only in Latin, but also in German.

The contents of the Reformatio hardly differs from the other political reform texts from the time of Sigismund. They make suggestions for churches and imperial reform and does so partly by practical, partly under unrealistic aspects. The font includes a doctrine of the sacraments and in favor of married priests and secularization of church property. In addition, it contains an alleged vision of Emperor Sigismund of the occurrence of a priest's king Frederick and plans for a secular reform of kingship (or imperial ) and ( German ) Reich.

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• State writings of the later Middle Ages 6: Reformation Emperor Sigismund. Edited by Heinrich Koller. Stuttgart 1964 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )