Kancelaria małego miasta — organizacja, funkcje, znaczenie na przykładzie Chrzanowa w XV—XVI wieku
A small town hall — organisation, functions, significance on the example of Chrzanów in the 15th and 16th centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the functioning of a small town hall. The source basis for the research were two oldest Chrzanów municipal records, including the records from the period between 1408 and 1526. There was a search for the answers to questions related to the time when such a unit was organised in the centre undergoing the research and the functions it had with respect to the local authorities and inhabitants of the town. The milieu of town clerks was also analysed. On the basis of the sources, it was possible to identify a few of them. It was demonstrated that this function was held both by clergymen and laymen. In Chrzanów there was also one trend observed in other town as well, namely that the clerks in the town hall at the same time were teachers in the local parish school. In the period undergoing the research, the town did not have a separate room for the town hall and the documentation was stored in chests, most likely by the members of the town authorities or by the town clerk. It was observed that the Chrzanów town hall in the 15th—16th centuries followed the town hall model characteristic of other studied towns of similar size.

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