- Ius indigenatus
"Ius indigenatus" (
Latin for "right of local birth") is aright which was from 15th to 18th century a requirement for people to hold office in Prussia. It limited offices and land ownership to local Prussian natives. i. e. persons from theMonastic state of the Teutonic Knights as of 1453.When the Prussian cities (some of them
Hanseatic league members) and gentry (many of German origin) seceded from the Order in 1454, it was, along withDanzig's privileges , a prerequisite for apersonal union with theKing of Poland . It was confirmed in 1466 by theSecond Peace of Thorn which secured a large decree ofautonomy forRoyal Prussia . The Prussian Ius indigenatus was valid for both parts of Prussia separated in 1466, the western part, later calledWest Prussia , and the eastern part, from 1525 theDuchy of Prussia , laterEast Prussia .At times this Prussian birth right (nationality), has been frequently ignored by the Polish side in later centuries.
In
Silesia , the Silesian Ius indigenatus was customary as well.ee also
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Jus soli
*Jus sanguinis References
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Karin Friedrich , "The Other Prussia. Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569–1772", Cambridge, 2000, ISBN 0-521-58335-7 [http://books.google.com/books?id=qsBco40rMPcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Karin+Friedrich&sig=La5qpteGE0_d6TaRrfbm4GfBZFM#PPA26,M1]
* Michael G. Müller, "Zweite Reformation und Städtische Autonomie im Königlichen Preußen. Danzig, Elbing und Thorn in der Epoche der Konfessionalisierung (1557–1660)", Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-050-03215-4
* Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg, "Zwischen polnischer Ständegesellschaft und preußischem Obrigkeitsstaat. Vom Königlichen Preußen zu Westpreußen (1756–1806)", München 1995, ISBN 3-486-56127-8
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