A Source Book for Mediæval History Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age

CHAPTER XXIX.

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1. We have learned from records and traditions, that it has been the custom in the past to hold the election of the king of the Romans in Frankfort, the coronation in Aachen, and the first diet in Nürnberg; therefore we decree that in the future these ceremonies shall be held in these places, unless there shall be some legitimate obstacle....