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Electoral capitulation

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An electoral capitulation (capitulatio caesarea) in Medieval Europe was a contract between an electoral body and a sovereign, e.g. a king or a pope, that protected the interests of certain interest groups and stipulated conditions for how the sovereign was allowed to exercise his power.

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