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Privilegium exclusivum
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1. Concept

All moves to impose legal regulations on production in manufactories and factories culminated in the traditional legal institute of the privilege, for which, once again, other terms – not necessarily synonymous – were also used throughout Europe (e.g. “permission,” “freedom,” “monopoly,” “concession”; German Fabrikprivileg, “factory privilege,” Begnadigung, “grace,” Freiheiten, “liberties”). The privilege allow…

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Mohnhaupt, Heinz, “Privilegium exclusivum”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 09 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_019082>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20210107



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