Briefadel
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Briefadel (in German; Script error: No such module "IPA".) or brevadel (in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) is a medieval German term for persons or families ennobled by letters patent. The oldest known such letters patent were issued in the middle of the 14th century, during the Late Middle Ages.
Briefadel can be contrasted with Uradel, whose nobility predates issuance of letters patent. The term dates to the early nineteenth century.[1]
See also
- Austrian nobility
- Danish nobility
- Finnish nobility
- German nobility
- Icelandic nobility
- Norwegian nobility
- Swedish nobility
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bref-adel". Svenska Akademiens Ordbok. 1922. spalt B 4195 band 5.
adel som uppstått genom utfärdande af adelsbref, pappersadel; motsatt: urgammal adel, bördsadel.
