Documents related to governance of the principality of Lüneburg, ca. 1648-1752.

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760.

Ernst II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1564-1611.

Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1566-1633.

August I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1568-1636.

Wilhelm Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1535-1592.

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1528-1603.

Friedrich, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg, 1574-1648.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Lüneburg (Principality)--History.

Lüneburg (Principality).

Lower Saxony (Germany)--History--Sources.

Lower Saxony (Germany).

Genre:

Government records.

Manuscripts, German.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased at auction at Brandes, 1974.

Physical Description:

1 volume (219 leaves)

Contained In:

Documents related to governance of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Box 3

Place of Publication:

ca. 1648-1752.

Language Note:

In German.

Summary:

Handwritten copies of documents related to the governance of Fürstentum (principality) Lüneburg, dated 1591 to 1648 (ff. 5r-191r), and 1742 (ff. 193r-204r), along with 1 printed item dated 1752 (ff. i-xvi, 1-4). The territory, which was also known as Braunschweig-Celle, had been part of the medieval duchy (Herzogtum) of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Brunswick-Lüneburg); in 1705 it was absorbed into the Electorate (Kurfürstentum) of Hannover. Today it falls within the German federal state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). With the exception item of 1742, the handwritten copies likely dated from the 17th century. The printed item is a decree on elections by George II, with a register of voting parties in the various districts. Among the handwritten items, many are acts (Abschiede) of meetings of the representative assembly (Landtag). Other items concern the princely line of succession (Vergleichung der Regierung halber; ff. 10-18v); privileges of the nobility (ff. 26r-29r, 193r-204r); the governance of the city of Lüneburg (ff. 42r-46v); payments related to the war against the Turks (Türckenhülffe; ff. 47r-49r); apportionment of levies (ff. 93r-101v); and quota of payments to Sweden in connection with the treaty of 1648 (ff. 189r-191r).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement B. The Library Chronicle, 1981, p. 17 (Ms. German 95).

OCLC:

297220342