Die Erschaffung der landständischen Verfassung

Fatherland Rhetoric and the “threat of absolutism”: Hesse-Cassel and the Reichskammergericht (1646–1655)

“…37 Nevertheless, the nobility did not present their landgravine with the document, asaccording to Neuthey interpreted her silence in the matter of Remonstratio (12 August) as tacit consent of their right to assemble. 38 According to Maruhn, the nobility could use the verdict as an indication whether their protests were considered valid, even whenin 1650the verdict was ignored by Amelie Elisabeth and Wilhelm VI. 39 A subsequent mandatum secundum was issued on 23 September 1651 condemning the punishment of the noblemen Riedesel and Von der Malsburg.…”

“…21 Despite this favourable ruling, the nobility decided not to present the verdict to Amelie, and instead, to await her reaction to the Remonstratio. 22 When the Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648, the nobility presented their grievances once more, making note of the possibility of another conflict over the inheritance of Hesse-Marburg, and ultimately, another war.…”