Medieval Notaries and Their Acts : The 1327-1328 Register of Jean Holanie

by Reyerson, Kathryn L.; Salata, Debra A.; Holanie, Jean

• ISBN13: 9781580440813
• ISBN10: 1580440819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Western Michigan Univ Medieval

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(30)
The Notarial Function in the Medieval European Context	1	(1)
Historical Development	2	(2)
Notaries in Northern Europe	4	(2)
Survival of Notarial Registers	6	(3)
Social Position and Training of the Medieval Notary	9	(2)
Types of Notaries and Registers	11	(2)
The Notarial Clientele	13	(2)
The Holanie Register	15	(6)
Notarial Documents	21	(7)
Conclusion	28	(3)
Selected Documents in Translation from the Holanie Register	31	(82)
Editors' Note	31	(1)
Business Techniques	32	(13)
Commenda Partnership Contract	32	(3)
1. Commenda Contract	33	(2)
Hiring of Legal Representation	35	(2)
2. Procuration	35	(1)
3. Procuration	36	(1)
Transport	37	(1)
4. Transport Contract	37	(1)
Apprenticeship and Work	38	(7)
5. Apprenticeship Contract	39	(1)
6. Apprenticeship Contract	40	(1)
7. Work Contract	40	(2)
8. Contract for Domestic Service	42	(1)
9. Contract to Provide Shoes	43	(1)
10. Contract to Serve and Sing in a Chapel	43	(2)
Trade	45	(8)
Recognitions of Debt	45	(3)
11. Recognition of Debt for a Horse	46	(1)
12. Recognition of Debt for Wool Cloth	46	(1)
13. Recognition of Debt for Salted Meat	47	(1)
14. Recognition of Debt for Beans	47	(1)
15. Recognition of Debt for Silk and Muslin	48	(1)
16. Recognition of Debt for Byzantine Grain	48	(1)
Sales	48	(5)
17. Sale of Heads and Bellies of Sheep	49	(1)
18. Sale of Fleeces	50	(1)
19. Sale of Olive Oil	51	(1)
20. Sale of a Codex (Justinian's Code)	51	(1)
21. Sale of Grape Futures	52	(1)
Finance	53	(5)
Loans	53	(1)
22. Recognition of Debt for a Loan	53	(1)
Money Exchange	54	(1)
23. Recognition of Debt for a Money Exchange	55	(1)
Discharge of Debt and Dispute Resolution	55	(3)
24. Acquittal for Satisfaction of Debt	56	(1)
25. Surety for a Debt	56	(1)
26. Cession of Rights	57	(1)
27. Amicable Settlement of Debt	58	(1)
Family	58	(19)
Dowry and Marriage	59	(3)
28. Dowry, Marriage, and Augmentation Contract	59	(2)
29. Acquittal for Payment of Nuptial Gift	61	(1)
Gifts	62	(1)
30. Gift between Living Persons	62	(1)
Last Wills and Testaments	63	(14)
31. Last Will and Testament	65	(12)
Real Estate and Agriculture	77	(36)
Sales	78	(10)
32. Sale of Land and Houses	78	(7)
33. Sale of a Vineyard	85	(3)
Approvals of Land Sales	88	(2)
34. Approval of a Land Sale	89	(1)
Rentals	90	(1)
35. Rental of a House	90	(1)
Long-Term Leases	91	(2)
36. Recognition of Land Tenure by Long-Term Lease	91	(1)
37. Grant of House Tenure by Long-Term Lease	92	(1)
Barter	93	(3)
38. Land Exchange or Barter	94	(2)
Usufruct	96	(1)
39. Sale of Usufruct	96	(1)
Sharecropping	97	(2)
40. Sharecropping Contract	97	(2)
Glossary	99	(7)
Note on Modern Notaries	106	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	108	(5)
Index	113