Писари у Србији у време Првог српског устанка 1804–1813. године
SCRIBES IN SERBIA DURING THE FIRST SERBIAN UPRISING 1804–1813

Summary/Abstract: An important segment in the state organization of Serbia during the First Serbian Uprising were scribes. In terms of origin, we differentiate scribes born in Serbia, who were educated in monasteries or with private tutors, and scribes from Austria, who had regular primary or even higher education. Austrian scribes with higher education were the secretaries of the Governing Council (Boža Grujović, Ivan Jugović, Mijailo Grujović…) and those with a completed primary school were scribes with dukes and in magistrates. At the beginning of the Uprising the majority of scribes were from Serbia. From 1805 until the end of the First Serbian Uprising the majority of scribes were from Austria. The need for a larger number of scribes occurred during the establishment of the institutions of central and local government: of the Council in 1805, of the magistrate in 1807 and of the Great School in 1808. The first generation of the graduates of the Great School in 1812 were sent to various offices of the rebel state. It is estimated that during the First Serbian Uprising around a hundred scribes worked in Serbia. The paper presents the insecurity of the position of the scribe using the example of Nićifor Ninković, who served six employers in the period 1807-1813. Some scribes from the First Serbian Uprising played an important role in state administration of Serbia during the reign of Prince Miloš and constitutional defenders (Lazar Tedorović and Janićije Đurić).

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