Schwabenspiegel

The Schwabenspiegel is a 1275 law book arisen for off -Saxon Germany by an unknown Augsburg Franciscans.

He works in the medieval form of a mirror mainly with the land and feudal law (also imperial law ). The Schwabenspiegel goes back to sources from the Bible, Roman and canon law, as well as imperial laws and is inspired by Mirror of Saxony and the German mirror. In Schwabenspiegel located in a lengthy chapter also applicable to the Jews special legislation, including the Jew envy, the patronage of the King of the Jews, prohibiting the use of violence against Jews and the so-called stolen privilege. From the Canon Law, the prohibition of mixed marriages, favoring the conversion and clothing guidelines come.

The title Schwabenspiegel for the right book was coined by the late Swiss humanist Melchior Goldast only in the early 17th century.