Marcin Frąś
Archival and Historical Review, Vol. VIII, 2021, pp. 275-279
Marcin Frąś
Archival and Historical Review, Vol. VII, 2020, pp. 241-264
https://doi.org/10.4467/2391-890XPAH.20.011.14645This study is devoted to the problem of town writers in private towns in Greater Poland. The starting point is the involvement of the town writer’s office, and primarily the head of the office, in the public life of towns and their governments. The key issue here is the emergence of this po264 Marcin Frąś sition and appointment of town writers, which resulted from ongoing needs of the town. The next part of the article focuses on town writers’ education. The required expertise and skills are analyzed based on responsibilities involved in the job, as well as the documents preserved to this day in the form of municipal books. The article also discusses issues such as the origin and social background of town writers.
Marcin Frąś
Archival and Historical Review, Vol. VI, 2019, pp. 125-131
https://doi.org/10.4467/2391-890XPAH.19.007.14936The main objective of this article is to present the text of the so-called sub-voivodeship tariff on food products for the town of Zbąszyń from 1751. This source was entered into the Zbąszyń municipal registry for the years 1592–1807, which is kept in the Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik. Compared to other similar publications, it is far from impressive. The main reason is the fact that it does not cover other trades which existed in this town at the time. Still, one of its major advantages is the fact that it is the first such source from the former Poznań voivodeship. Furthermore, it helps us learn more about living conditions in a small private town. It lists prices of spirits, bread, and meat, which were the basic alimentary products consumed by people back then.