Liberties granted in continental Europe – 1

In continental Europe as well, during the Middle Ages, rights and liberties found expression in legal documents:
 
In 1222, the Hungarian Golden Bull, the oldest constitution of Hungary issued by King Andreas II laid down the freedoms of the nobility.
 
In 1514, in the Duchy of Württemberg in southwest Germany, a treaty was signed between the town patricians (the upper class families of the towns who were represented in the “Landtag” i.e. the legislative assembly of the land) and Duke Ulrich I (1487–1550).
 
Called the Tübingen Treaty after the place where it was signed, this treaty obliged the duke to seek the approval of the Landtag to raise taxes and to maintain troops to defend the land. It also guaranteed to all burghers the right to due process in judicial matters.