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Pfaffenbrief
The Pfaffenbrief, or Priests' Charter, was an agreement of 1370 between Zürich, Lucerne, Zug, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden. It required clergy and other residents to bring secular disputes before local courts rather than church or foreign courts, and it protected the safety of roads. It was one of the first common laws of the Swiss Confederates.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pfaffenbrief. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pfaffenbrief
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