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Brokers of Public Trust: Notaries in Early Modern Rome
Laurie Nussdorfer
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Description for Brokers of Public Trust: Notaries in Early Modern Rome
Hardback. This magisterial new work brings fresh insight into the essential functions of early modern Roman society and the development of the modern state. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 802.
A 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 ... Read more
A 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801892042
SKU
V9780801892042
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About Laurie Nussdorfer
Laurie Nussdorfer is a professor of history and letters at Wesleyan University and author of Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII.
Reviews for Brokers of Public Trust: Notaries in Early Modern Rome
A major and pioneering contribution to the history of writing, books, knowledge, information, and political paperwork.
Jacob Soll American Historical Review 2011 In this thorough and resourceful study, Laurie Nussdorfer documents the intermittent institutional and personal vicissitudes of a class of notaries on the Roman scene over a period of some 400 years.
Paul D. McLean Journal of ... Read more
Jacob Soll American Historical Review 2011 In this thorough and resourceful study, Laurie Nussdorfer documents the intermittent institutional and personal vicissitudes of a class of notaries on the Roman scene over a period of some 400 years.
Paul D. McLean Journal of ... Read more