Protonotarius

Protonotarius ( Greek πρωτονοτάριος protonotarios , first scribe , also Landschreiber ), German Protonotar , was the name for the head of a law firm in secular and ecclesiastical administrations in the Byzantine Empire and in the Roman-German Empire . The notaries of the Pope and the Holy See carry the official title of Apostolic Protonotary ( protonotarius apostolicus ).

tasks

The main task of the Protonotarius was the management of the chancellery of the respective sovereign . This applies to both the issuing of documents and the management of the administration, some of which have their own decisions.

Since 12./13. In the 19th century, the Chancellor ( cancellarius ) developed from this with more extensive powers of decision and action.

Based on this choice of term, the longest-serving council secretary since the 14th century and into the 19th century was also referred to as the protonotary in free imperial cities such as Lübeck .

literature

Walter Koch : Protonotary . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 273 f. largely limited to the Reich Chancellery.
Günter Weiß: Protonotarios . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 274 Byzantium.

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Bruns: The Lübeck syndicists and council secretaries up to the constitutional amendment of 1851. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Antiquity . Vol. 29, 1938, pp. 91-168, here pp. 118ff.

[1] Friedrich Bruns: The Lübeck syndicists and council secretaries up to the constitutional amendment of 1851. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Antiquity . Vol. 29, 1938, pp. 91-168, here pp. 118ff.