refers to the right under imperial law to emigrate for religious reasons. The Peace of Augsburg (1555) guaranteed the estates of the empire the ¶ ius reformandi , i.e. the authority to determine the confession of their territory (religious ban). Subjects of other confessions were granted as a legal benefit (beneficium) a qualified right to emigrate (i.e. taking along family and belongings) to a territory of their confession – and, therewith, the first constitutionally guaranteed basic right. The Peace of Westphalia confirmed this…
Ius emigrandi(246 words)
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Link, Christoph, “Ius emigrandi”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_10656>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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