The title page of the Bamberg Code
The Bamberg Code ( German: Bambergische Peinliche Halsgerichtsordnung , Latin: Lex bambergensis ) or the Constitutio Criminalis Bambergensis is a criminal code drawn up in 1507 by Baron Johann von Schwarzenberg on behalf of Prince III of Bamberg George III Schenck von Limburg of Bamberg ( Germany). ) (The Archdiocese of Bamberg ).
The Code regulated criminal and procedural law in Bamberg and served as the basis for the creation of Emperor Charles V of the General Empire Criminal Code of Constitutio Criminalis Carolina in 1532.
Links
- Full text of the Bamberg Code at Wikisource (German)
- The full text of the Bamberg Code on the University of Mannheim website (German)
- Scan of the original “Bamberg Code” on the website of the Bamberg State Library (German)
- Short article on the website of the Bavarian Land Library (German)
- Detailed article at Historisches Lexikon Bayerns (German)
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to the Bamberg Code