Maiestas Carolina

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

Based on previous legal customs, the aim of the code was to increase royal power. Included among its provisions were sections granting the right to judge criminal cases solely to the king and others allowing the king greater control over functionaries in order to increase royal revenues. The code also contained sections regarding forest conservation.

The Bohemian Diet resented the loss of their own power and opposed the code. Charles withdrew the code in 1355, and it never came into effect.

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