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The ''Reichsdeputationshauptschluss'' (formally the ''Hauptschluss der außerordentlichen Reichsdeputation'', or "Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation"), often referred to in English as the Final Recess, was a resolution passed by the ''Reichstag'' (Imperial Diet) of the Holy Roman Empire on 24 March 1803. It was ratified by the Emperor Francis II and became law on 27 April. It proved to be the last significant law enacted by the Empire before its dissolution in 1806.〔J. G. Gagliardo, ''Reich and Nation'', Indiana University Press, 1980, pp. 193–95, 239–43; Hajo Holborn, ''A History of Modern Germany, 1648-1840'', Princetown University Press, 1982 (paperback edition), p. 366.〕 The resolution was approved by an Imperial Delegation (''Reichsdeputation'') on 25 February and submitted to the ''Reichstag'' for acceptance. It was based on a plan agreed in June 1802 between France and Russia, and broad principles outlined in the Treaty of Lunéville of 1801, the law secularized nearly 70 ecclesiastical states and abolished 45 imperial cities to compensate numerous German princes for territories to the west of the Rhine that had been annexed by France as a result of the wars of the French Revolution. ==Secularization and mediatization== (詳細はArchbishopric of Regensburg, which was raised from a bishopric with the incorporation of part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, and the lands of the Teutonic Knights and Knights of Saint John. Also of note is the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, which was secularized as a duchy with an increased territorial scope, and was also made an electorate. In addition, all but a handful of the 51 imperial cities were abolished and annexed to neighboring states. The ''Reichsdeputationshauptschluss'' was ratified unanimously by the ''Reichstag'' in March 1803, and was approved by the emperor, Francis II, the following month. However the emperor made a formal reservation in respect of the reallocation of votes within the ''Reichstag'', as the balance between Protestant and Catholic states had been shifted heavily in the former's favour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reichsdeputationshauptschluss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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