The Reorganization of Public Administration in Overcoming Feudal Fragmentation in Poland – the Commissaires Cover Image

Jak polski suweren bronił się przed absolutyzmem królewskim. Szlachta a królewscy urzędnicy komisaryczni w sporach granicznych z królewszczyznami w systemie urzędniczym późnośredniowiecznej Polski w świetle prawa stanowionego
The Reorganization of Public Administration in Overcoming Feudal Fragmentation in Poland – the Commissaires

Author(s): Jacek Matuszewski
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: Jagiellons; commission officers (the Commissaires); the fight of the nobility with royal absolutism; tax collection; demarcation of royal goods

Summary/Abstract: The process of rebuilding public administration in the Kingdom of Poland under the Jagiellonian dynasty failed to create a well-functioning system of offices. Medieval structures dependent on the nobility were preserved, to be supplemented with offices, only initially dependent on the king. When the ruler tried to carry out his will by means of an extended system of commissaires (appointed on an ad hoc basis, for a specific case, for a specific period of time), the noble community systematically limited royal rights, depriving the king of the power of appointment of such offi cials, except in statutory cases.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 157-175
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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