Maiestas Carolina

The Maiestas Carolina was a legal code proposed by Charles IV., Holy Roman Emperor in 1350 to govern Bohemia.

Based on previous legal customs and the Liber Augustalis of 1231, the aim of the code was to increase royal power.

With this code, which contained 109 articles, Charles IV intended to secure the royal property - defining 29 royal towns and 13 castles, that could not be pledged, another 13 towns and 14 castles could be pledged for a maximum of nine years.

In 1355, the nobility finally rejected the code at the General Assembly, which was the end of Charles's hopes for its publication.

In connection with Maiestas Carolina, the Ordo iudicii terrae (In Czech Řád práva zemského), a legal book, was created in the 14th century.