Schwabenspiegel

Canon law.^{[citation needed]} Written in Middle High German,^[1] it draws on the early 13th century Sachsenspiegel, and is immediately dependent on the Deutschenspiegel [de] code.^{[citation needed}

Saxons"), both metaphorically compared to a mirror in which to perceive right and wrong. Since the code is not prescriptive but descriptive, i.e. it records current legal practice, it does not impose any new laws.^{[citation needed}