Blood court at Cannstatt

Blood court at Cannstatt

The blood court at Cannstatt ("Blutgericht zu Cannstatt") took place as Carloman in 746 invited all nobles of the Alamanni, to a council at Cannstatt. According to the annals of Metz, the "annales Petaviani" and an account by Childebrand, Carloman arrested several thousand noblemen and executed them for high treason. This ended the independence of the duchy of Alemannia, which after this event was ruled by Frankish dukes.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Blood court — (German: Blutgericht) or high justice in the Holy Roman Empire referred to the right of a Vogt (a reeve) to hold a criminal court inflicting bodily punishment, including the death penalty. Not every Vogt held the blood court. Up to the 18th… …   Wikipedia

  • Carloman, Mayor of the Palace — Carloman (between 706 and 716 [There is some discrepancy between the sources on his year of birth. It is given variously as 706, 708, 714, or 716.] ndash; 17 August [There is some discrepancy between the sources on his date of death. It is the 17 …   Wikipedia

  • Early Middle Ages — The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000. [Events used to mark the period s beginning include the sack of Rome by the Goths (410) …   Wikipedia

  • Duchy of Bavaria — Herzogtum Baiern Stem duchy of the German kingdom State of the Holy Roman Empire (from 962) …   Wikipedia

  • Stem duchy — Stem duchies (from the German Stammesherzogtum , literally tribal duchy ) were associated with the Frankish Kingdom, especially the East, in the Early Middle Ages. In contrast to later duchies, these entities were not defined by strict… …   Wikipedia

  • Alamanni — The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river (Germany). One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire …   Wikipedia

  • 746 — NOTOC EventsBy PlaceByzantine Empire* Byzantine forces regain Cyprus from the Arabs.Europe* Swithred succeeds Saelred as king of Essex. * The nobility of the Alamanni is killed at the blood court at Cannstatt. * The monastery at Tegernsee in… …   Wikipedia

  • History of Zürich — Zürich was continuously inhabited since Roman times. Political power lay with the Grossmünster and Fraumünster abbeys during Medieval times, until the guild revolt in the 14th century which led to the joining of the Swiss Confederacy. Zürich was… …   Wikipedia

  • Theudebald, Duke of Alamannia — Theudebald or Theutbald was the Duke of Alamannia from 730 until his deposition. He was a son of Gotfrid and brother and co ruler with Lantfrid from 709. In 727, Theudeabld expelled Pirmin, the founder of Reichenau Abbey, out of a hatred for… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”