1. Definition and history
Alongside the Reichshofrat, the Reichskammergericht was one of the two highest courts of law in the Holy Roman Empire (of the German Nation) in the early modern period.
Together with what became known as the Ewiger Landfriede (Perpetual Peace; King’s peace), the Reichskammergericht is regarded as the most important and lasting outcome of the Imperial Reform undertaken at the turn of the 16th century. At the Diet of Worms (Reichstag zu Worms) …