Comunitatea laică și parohia în Jelna la 1500: între micro-istorie și micro-sociologie
The Lay Community and Parish of Jelna Around 1500: Between Micro-History and Micro-Sociology

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the current study is to use a contemporary interpretation grid and techniques tailored for micro-historical and micro-sociological investigations on a late medieval-early modern documentary source, the account book belonging to the church of St. Peter in Jelna. The discussion will focus on the data that comes to light from the historical source as it was documented by the parish priest Thomas from Bistrița over two decades (1486–1506); these annotations make for a quarter of the register (about 50 pages). Distinct points of interest emerge from the text – the author, the village community, and the ecclesiastical patrimony — as reflected in the source through reports issued on a regular basis in the presence of laymen: the elected churchwarden, and the church council. The variety of information allows for the capture of numerous facets of the rural community’s internal organization, from its political core to the pious gestures of parishioners and the regulation of social ties through weddings and the intervention of testamentary executors.

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