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Aulic Council
The Aulic Council (Latin: Consilium Aulicum; German: Reichshofrat; literally "Court Council of the Empire") was one of the two supreme courts of the Holy Roman Empire, the other being the Reichskammergericht. It had not only concurrent jurisdiction with the latter court, but in many cases exclusive jurisdiction, in all feudal processes, and in criminal affairs, over the immediate feudatories of the Emperor and in affairs which concerned the Imperial Government. The seat of the Aulic Council was at the Hofburg residence of the Habsburg emperors in Vienna.[1]
As historian Eva Ortlieb puts it, "Like the Rota Romana and the Parlement de Paris, [the Aulic Council] ranks among the most significant supreme courts of Europe."[2]
- ^ Wilson, Peter H. (1999). The Holy Roman Empire, 1495 - 1806. Studies in European history (1. publ ed.). Basingstoke: Macmillan [u.a.] ISBN 978-0-312-22360-1.
- ^ Ortlieb, Eva, "Reichshofrat", Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Brill, retrieved 2025-02-09
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