Aulic Council (Lat. aula, 'court' or 'hall'; Ger. Reichshofrath), a court of the Holy Roman empire, established in 1501 by Maximilian I., and co-ordinate with the Imperial Chamber (Reichskammergericht, 1495). See Bryce's Holy Roman Empire (new ed. 1889).
Aulic Council
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