Golden Bull

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noun

an edict of Charles IV, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, issued in 1356 and in force until the extinction of the empire in 1806, in which the selection of the emperor was entrusted to seven Electors.

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Golden Bull

Wander to dinner Then we would awkwardly put our Yetis somewhere and go have dinner at either Muse or the Golden Bull.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

And the Golden Bull is one of those staple neighborhood restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

How did the Golden Bull clarify the process of selecting a new Holy Roman emperor?

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

That phenomenon began in 1356 when a pragmatic emperor, Charles IV, issued the Golden Bull, which created a system by which future emperors would be chosen by their most powerful subjects.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

This City is fixed by the Golden Bull, to be the Place for Crowning the Emperors.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

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