. ▁ ▁Ch l oth ar ▁had ▁recently ▁assumed ▁the ▁full ▁king ship ▁of ▁the ▁Fran ks , ▁in ▁ 6 1 3 , ▁when ▁he ▁de posed ▁his ▁cousin ▁S ige bert ▁II , ▁king ▁of ▁Aust ras ia , ▁and ▁his ▁reg ent , ▁his ▁great - grand m other ▁Brun h ilda . ▁The ▁Ed ict ▁has ▁been ▁commonly ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁con cess ions ▁to ▁the ▁Aust ras ian ▁nob ility , ▁which ▁had ▁s ided ▁with ▁him ▁against ▁Brun h ilda . ▁In ▁Der ▁Staat ▁des ▁h ohen ▁Mittel al ters , ▁Heinrich ▁Mitte is ▁compared ▁the ▁Ed ict ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁Mag na ▁Cart a . ▁More ▁popular ▁now ▁is ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁primarily ▁aim ed ▁at ▁correct ing ▁ab uses ▁which ▁had ▁entered ▁the ▁jud icial ▁system ▁during ▁the ▁civil ▁wars ▁which ▁had ▁domin ated ▁the ▁kingdom ▁since ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁fe ud ▁of ▁Brun h ilda ▁with ▁Ch l oth ar ' s ▁mother , ▁Fre deg und ▁( 5 6 8 ). ▁It ▁cannot ▁be ▁known ▁how ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁Ed ict ' s ▁language ▁and ▁ideas ▁stem ▁from ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁his ▁officers ▁and ▁cour ti ers ▁and ▁how ▁much ▁from ▁the ▁nobles . ▁Some ▁of ▁its ▁cla uses ▁were ▁designed ▁to ▁am end ▁dec isions ▁of ▁the ▁pre l ates ▁at ▁the ▁syn od ▁that ▁had ▁just ▁finished ▁sitting . ▁The ▁b ish ops ▁ins isted ▁upon ▁freedom ▁in ▁the ▁choice ▁of ▁b ish ops , ▁but