Würzburg Documents: Index by Subject

Through an examination of the documents, nineteen categories were developed to characterize the contents of the documents. Choose a link below for a category description and a list of related documents.

Agriculture	Immigrants	Religious
Beggars	Jurisprudence	Secondary Decrees
Commerce	Justice System	Soldiers
Currency	Lottery	Taxes
Eclipses	Miscellaneous	Thieves
Health	Obituaries
Hunting	Papal

A guide to this collection is also available by document number.

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Religious

For a collection of documents issued by the diocese of Würzburg, one might believe that most of them would pertain to a religious matter. In fact, this is one of the smaller categories. The documents in this category contain descriptions of funeral services, rules for fasting, and similar concerns.

Related Documents:

251o	265o	293o	294o	307o	314o	315	319	345	350o
379o	408o	415	423

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Papal

This category contains documents relating to the three popes (Clement XI, Innocent XIII, Benedict XIII) who ruled from 1711 to 1726. Most are papal decrees.

Related Documents:

362

409o

426oo

443o

367

425o

430

460o

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Agriculture

This broad category contains decrees mostly concerning cattle and crops (fruit and grain). In addition to agricultural products, topics represented here include imports, exports, pricing, and disease.

Related Documents:

252o	253	258o	259	260o	261	262o	263o	264	266
281	283	285oo	289	296o	297	298o	332	358	377o
380o	391o	401o	415	416	428	431	433o	435	436
438	439	444	453	454	455	464o	473	475	476
484o	488

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Health

All decrees relating to disease, whether in humans or animals, are listed here. Also included are decrees relating to sanitation.

Related Documents:

252o	253	259	260o	261	262o	263o	264	266	267
268oo	269	270	273	275o	276o	277	278	279	281
282	301	302	303	330o	335	347	354o	365	366m
372m	373	380o	384o	392o	407o	416	417	439	490
495o

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Hunting

These documents give instructions and laws relating to hunting, including the use of dogs.

Related Documents:

250o

256o

320

349

352

358

371

481

485

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Soldiers

Because of the numerous wars occurring between 1711 and 1726, there are several documents in the collection that pertain to local and foreign soldiers.

Related Documents:

286o	291o	339	368o	376	400o	420	426oo	450o	468
469	496

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Beggars

These documents give laws governing beggars and also instruct others in the treatment of beggars.

Related Documents:

275o	277	291o	301	303	334	336	337	341	346
397	402	405	417	472o

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Thieves

These decrees give laws pertaining to thievery and also warn citizens of dangerous bands of thieves reported in the area.

Related Documents:

257o	298o	299	336	337	338	340	346	349	352
353	371	394	399	402	405	491	492o

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Immigrants

Jews and gypsies are the two largest groups of people included in this category. All decrees that do not simply list these groups among the list of towns people are included here.

Related Documents:

262o	267	269	271	272	273	274	275o	277	278
280oo	291o	301	303	306o	337	338	339	340	346
370	381o	397	399	404o	413	417	424o	446	477
489	492o

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Obituaries

These are the death notices of the Bishops, Pope Clement XI, and other important people.

Related Documents:

315

317

319

323o

362

367

421o

422

423

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Secondary Decrees

These are decrees issued by another authority that are being "rebroadcast" in Würzburg.

Related Documents:

268oo

280oo

285oo

286o

292oo

295o

378o

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Commerce

This category includes the setting of prices, importation and exportation of goods, and other general business concerns.

Related Documents:

285oo	287o	290o	296o	300o	306o	307o	308o	309o	310o
312o	322o	326o	328o	331o	332	333o	347	348	355o
359	360	361o	368o	378o	389	391o	392o	414	429
433o	444	446	447	451o	452	453	454	457o	458o
459m	462	465	466	471o	473	474	476	478o	482
483	486o	487o	494	497

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Currency

Most of these regulations concern coinage. Some establish "exchange" values, while others announce counterfeits. Many contain pictures.

Related Documents:

288o	292oo	295o	311o	378o	385o	432	437	456o	463
470

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Lottery

A lottery was conducted in 1724. These three documents give rules and regulations.

Related Documents:

410m

410oo

418

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Taxes

All decrees relating to the assessing, collection, and paying of taxes are included here.

Related Documents:

257o	304	313o	313.5	334	406	412	414	419	434
459m

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Jurisprudence

This, the largest category, includes not only decrees that establish fines and punishments for different crimes, but also legal decrees of a more general nature, such as building and fire ordinances.

Related Documents:

250o	257o	258o	280oo	287o	289	291o	294o	296o	299
300o	304	307o	308o	309o	310o	313o	313.5	321	322o
329	331o	334	335	336	337	338	340	341	345
349	350o	351	352	353	354o	355o	356	358	361o
364	369	370	371	375	380o	381o	382o	386o	389
390	393	394	396o	397	398o	400o	401o	403	404o
406	407o	412	413	414	415	419	420	427o	431
434	435	436	438	446	447	448	450o	451o	452
454	455	456o	457o	458o	459m	464o	465o	471o	472o
474	475	478o	479o	480	481	482	484o	485	486o
487o	489	490	491	493o	494	495o	496	497

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Justice System

These documents give instructions for public officials and lawyers. Guidelines for the treatment of witnesses are also included here. None of these documents are included in the Jurisprudence category.

Related Documents:

254	324	325	327o	342	343	344	357o	383	387
388	395	399	402	405	440	441o	442	445

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Eclipses

These documents stood out in their uniqueness of topic, so have been granted their own category. These documents give instructions for what to do during a predicted solar eclipse.

Related Documents:

297

416

439

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Miscellaneous

Documents listed in this category are different from the others in some way. The following represent some of the possible reasons for inclusion here:

1. the document was issued by someone other than current the Bishop of Würzburg,
2. the contents of the document did not fit into one of the other eighteen categories,
3. the printing is of a different format than the other documents,
4. the document is a form to be completed.

Three documents from the numbered series are missing: 363, 374, and 449.

There are two other documents in the collection. These two are so different that they are not included in the above categories or descriptions. One article is a portion of what might have been a book printed in Leipzig in 1602. The other article is similar to the Würzburg decrees described above, but this decree is handwritten, bears a seal, and is dated 1799 from Munich.

Related Documents:

253	255o	266	271	272	284	286o	291o	299	305
313.5	316o	317	318	319	320	346	364	386	390
393	421o	422	423	424o	425o	459m	461h	467	492o

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