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Aulic Council - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | It was thus parallel to the king's council, or concilium continuum, of medieval England; while by its side, during the 15th century, stood the Kammergericht, composed of the legal members of the council, in much the same way as the Star Chamber stood beside the English council. |
 | | The council followed the person of the emperor, and was therefore stationed at Vienna; it was paid by the emperor, and he nominated its members, whose office terminated with his life - an arrangement which made the council more dependent than it should have been on the emperor's will. |
 | | Neither the council nor the chamber could 1 The Aulic Council is the private court of the emperor, with its members nominated by him; the Imperial Chamber is the public court of the Empire, with its members nominated by the estates of the Empire. |
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