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Main Recess
The Main Recess (Hauptrezess) of 1712 was a constitutional settlement of Hamburg, reached after years of conflict between the council and citizens and with mediation by an imperial commission. It declared the council and the assembly of propertied citizens jointly sovereign and fixed their respective powers. It governed the city until the constitutional reforms of 1860.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Main Recess. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/main-recess
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