Failure of corporation

Notaries public in medieval Bruges

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11892018
AutoresJames Murray (0000-0002-3553-5123, autor de correspondencia), James M Murray
Año1986
Volumen12
Número2
Páginas155-166
Fecha de publicación1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0304-4181(86)90020-5
OpenAlexW2008234679
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas8

The puzzling absence of guilds of notaries public in northern Europe has long taxed the explanatory powers of historians. Differences in social and economic conditions between the south and north seem insufficient explanations, particularly in fourteenth-century Bruges, a commercial center quite analogous to southern European cities. Using two Bruges notaries as case studies, it is clear that differences in the nature of notarial work were also important in the failure of notarial corporation. Notaries drew upon a wide clientele including both church and state institutions, and by the very breadth of their activities, notaries in Bruges guaranteed their individual independence

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