Imperial Register

The Imperial Register (German: Reichsmatrikel, Dutch: rijksmatrikel[1]) was a list of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire that specified the precise numbers of troops they had to supply to the Imperial Army and/or the financial support they had to make available to sustain the Army. An entry in the register was often viewed as an important indicator of the imperial immediacy of an imperial estate, although that was not always undisputed. The importance of the register for historical research is that all Estates were recorded in it. However, it also contains obvious errors.

Page from a copy of the Imperial Register of 1532, stipulating the number of troops on horseback (zu Ross) and on foot (zu Fuss) states in the 'Netherlandish-Westphalian Circle' had to provide.

The term Matrikel is derived from the Latin word mātrīcula, a diminutive of mātrīx ("list", "register").[2]

See also: Reichsheeresverfassung

Literature
  • "Entry". Zedlers Universallexikon. Vol. 31. p. Reichs-Matrickel.

References
  1. Wassink, J.F.A. (2005). Van stad en buitenie: Een institutionele studie van rechtspraak en bestuur in Weert 1568-1795. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 36. ISBN 9789065508508. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. "matrikel - (inschrijvingsregister)". Etymologiebank. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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