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OverviewA fast-growing legal system and economy in medieval and early modern Rome saw a rapid increase in the need for written documents. Brokers of Public Trust examines the emergence of the modern notarial profession-free market scribes responsible for producing original legal documents and their copies. Notarial acts often go unnoticed, but they are essential to understanding the history of writing practices and attitudes toward official documentation. Based on new archival research, Brokers of Public Trust focuses on the government officials, notaries, and consumers who regulated, wrote, and purchased notarial documents in Rome between the 14th and 18th centuries. Historian Laurie Nussdorfer chronicles the training of professional notaries and the construction of public archives, explaining why notarial documents exist, who made them, and how they came to be regarded as authoritative evidence. In doing so, Nussdorfer describes a profession of crucial importance to the people and government of the time, as well as to scholars who turn to notarial documents as invaluable and irreplaceable historical sources. This magisterial new work brings fresh insight into the essential functions of early modern Roman society and the development of the modern state. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Laurie Nussdorfer (Professor of History and Letters, Wesleyan University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780801892042ISBN 10: 080189204 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 11 January 2010 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Monetary Units Introduction 1. The Jurists: Writing Public Words 2. The Profession: Defining Urban Identities 3. The Laws: Shaping Notarial Pages 4. The Archives: Creating Documentary Spaces 5. The Office: Building Scribal Lives 6. The State: Policing Notarial Practices Conclusion Appendixes A. Study Sample of the Thirty Capitoline Notaries in 1630 B. The Proposals of the Capitoline Notaries C. The Creation of a Notary Notes Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsThe author has undertaken the most thorough English language account of a community of continental European notaries that I know of. - Thomas J. Kuehn, Clemson University Author InformationLaurie Nussdorfer is a professor of history and letters at Wesleyan University and author of Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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