Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, from the House of Luxembourg was King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor. A powerful and intellectual ruler, Charles has been remembered for his munificient patronage, e
Charles IV's statue in Karolinum
The seal of the Golden Bull of 1356.
Charles IV and the dignitaries of Paris. Illustration from Grandes Chroniques de France, BnF, Ms fr. 6465, fol. 442v
Andrea di Bonaiuto. Santa Maria Novella. Charles IV is enthroned and sits next to the Pope (Urban V or Innocent VI) in the left foreground. Fresco (1366).
Golden Bull of 1356
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The Golden Bull of 1356 was a decree issued by the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg and Metz headed by the Emperor Charles IV which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of
Page from the Golden Bull manuscript of King Wenceslaus, about 1400, Austrian National Library
Imperial Diet in Metz during which the Golden Bull of 1356 was issued
Incunable of the Golden Bull in Early New High German, late 15th century, University of Jena