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Writers of the Early Medieval Documents on the East Adriatic Coast

The activities of the early Medieval notaries began to professionalize in the cities on the east Adriatic coast in the latter half of the 12th century along with the simultaneous enhanced production of written documents, so there was an increased need for notaries. The impact of this professionalization is visible in the fact that the activities of the same notaries in the cities, first in Zadar, and then in Split, Dubrovnik and Rab, can be traced for many years and even decades. Their title is also standardized as a „municipal notary“ and they are usually church members, most commonly deacons. Another period of great interest was from the beginning of the document recording in the second half of the 9th century until the end of the 11th century, which has a close correlation with the political situation when Croatia was ruled by national rulers. The research was extended to the later period too, namely the end of the 12th century, when the titles and social class of the notaries were pretty much standardized. In the first period the titles designating their occupation differ a lot among the notaries themselves, as well as their social position, ranging from the lowest ladder of clerical orders to bishops. However, it can be concluded that the social markers of notaries are much more commonly used compared to their business activities. Registrars of documents much more commonly indicate their position within the ecclesiastical hierarchy beside their name rather than the notary labels. An effort has been made to question whether all of them belonged to ecclesiastical ranks, and to examine the possible connection between the person who requested the document and its notary.

East Adriatic coast, notaries, documents, (Early) Middle Ages, medieval Latin

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