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City rights in the Low Countries

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Such sales raised (non-recurrent) revenue for the feudal lords, in exchange for the loss of power. Over time, the landlords sold more and more privileges. This resulted in a shift of power within the counties and duchies in the Low Countries from the aristocracy to the bourgeoisie, starting in
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in 1795, municipalities were styled after the French model and city rights were abolished by law. Although partially restored after 1813, cities did not fully regain the authority they had previously had: law-making and the judiciary had become part of the
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The institution of city status gradually came to an end with the development and centralization of a national government. In the Netherlands the last city to receive real city rights (as defined above) was Willemstad in 1586. During the
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in 1825. But the city status granted during this period was quite different from the privileges bestowed in the Middle Ages, and were merely symbolic. This is also the case for cities such as The Hague and
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and was granted city status in about AD 151, but was abandoned in the late 3rd century: thus the current settlement is not considered an uninterrupted continuation of the Roman city. At the end of the
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When forced by financial problems, feudal landlords offered for sale privileges to settlements from around 1000. The total package of these comprises
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and the Municipal Law of 1851, the differences between the legal privileges of cities, towns, and villages were permanently erased.
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Weighing (the right to organize official weighing: cargo, livestock, produce, building material, trading goods etc.)
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The strong position of merchants and traders allowed the Netherlands to become the first modern
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Note several of the following were first granted city rights during the medieval period.
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or similar member of the high nobility, granted to a town or village he owned certain
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and law-making (Within its boundaries the city could have a great degree of autonomy)
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in 956. It can be argued that some cities have older rights: for instance
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In the early 19th century, when several important towns (especially
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Rights granted to the cities of the present-day Netherlands
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is the smallest city, whilst the smallest in Luxembourg is
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City rights are a feature of the medieval history of the
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Städte und gilden der germanischen völker im mittelalter
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The first community in the contemporary Kingdom of the
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Rights granted to the cities of present-day Luxembourg
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particular goods, often only granted to a few cities)
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in the Netherlands, with 40 inhabitants. In Belgium,
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History of urban centers in the Dutch Low Countries
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Rights granted to the cities of present-day Belgium
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Index

City rights in the Netherlands
Low Countries
liege lord
count
duke
town privileges
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Staverden
Durbuy
Vianden
History of urban centers in the Low Countries
town privileges
Flanders
city-states
Defensive walls
Market right
Staple right
exclusively trade
Toll right
Mint right
Taxation
Personal freedom
freedom of mobility
Self-governance
Judiciary
City status in Belgium
Aalst
Aarschot

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