Муниципальные служащие и их легитимация через ритуалы и церемонии в Англии XIV—XV веков (как аспект становления управленческой протоинтеллигенции)
Municipal employees and their legitimation through rituals and ceremonies in England of the XIV—XV centuries (as an aspect of the formation of the administrative proto-intelligentsia)

Summary/Abstract: Medieval municipal officials were a fairly closed community. This was due to both the requirements of local legislation and established traditions. In particular, the applicant for municipal positions had to be a freeman, lead a law-abiding lifestyle, exclude a number of occupations in their activities. At the same time, there were differences between the requirements for a provincial and a metropolitan official. This is the level of financial wellbeing of the applicant, his professional affiliation, place of birth. The position held in the municipal administration required the official to observe certain rituals, to participate in official ceremonies. Most of these requirements related to the top officials of the corporation. A significant place among the town rituals was occupied by the inauguration of the mayor. This procedure was separately described in the resolutions of the local authorities. The mayor also organized a dinner for members of his council, respected citizens, both when taking office and when leaving it. For such needs, money was allocated from the treasury, the spending of which the official reported to the auditors. At official ceremonies, the highest officials of the town were accompanied by sergeants carrying their imperious insignia. They were given a special place in the church. Municipal legislation also regulated the appearance of officials, in particular, clothing. Usually it was a mantle of a certain color, length, quality of fabric. Money was also allocated from the city treasury for sewing the robes. At the same time, officials, trying to show their social and financial status, often did not limit themselves to this amount of money.

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