Note 392 — Chapter VI · GERMANY.
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Sachsenspiegel, II. iii., III. i.--Raynald. ann. 1374, No. 12. The papal condemnation was probably elicited by a passage in the Sachsenspiegel (II. 3) declaring that the pope could not issue decretals in prejudice of the local laws and constitutions. The Saxon legists were in no wise disconcerted, and proceeded to reassert and prove their position (Richstich Lnndrecht, II. 24).