Quarter captains and their role in Prague’s municipal self-government in the 15th and 16th centuries

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25210%2F23%3A39921383" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25210/23:39921383 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.zfo-online.de/portal/zfo/article/view/11289" target="_blank" >https://www.zfo-online.de/portal/zfo/article/view/11289</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25627/202372111289" target="_blank" >10.25627/202372111289</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Quarter captains and their role in Prague’s municipal self-government in the 15th and 16th centuries
Original language description
The author deals with the question of whether the division of late medieval Prague into quarters played a political role in addition to its administrative function together, which we know from several western cities. The author was interested in whether neighbourhoods served to represent local communities vis-à-vis the town council. The oldest quarter regulations towns date from the beginning of the 16th century. The provisions of these regulations mainly concern fire protection, but two other important aspects also appear. The quarter captains also performed the tasks of social supervision in urban households, and their responsibility was tied to the burgomaster and not to the quarter’s community. Therefore, the author works with the hypothesis that the quarter self-government in Central Europe was not a representative of the residents of the quarter when communicating with the town council, but rather a tool through which the town council gained blanket control over the town’s spaces.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-11247S" target="_blank" >GA20-11247S: The Representation and Practice of Social Control in Late Medieval Urban Communities</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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