Kaznac (Serbian Cyrillic: казнац) was a court title of the state employee in medieval Bosnia and Serbia who was in charge for the treasury in the territory under his jurisdiction — kaznačina (казначина).[1][2][better source needed] The name of the title is derived from Serbo-Croatian word kazna (English: penalty).[3] The kaznac was a financial-taxation service, translated into Latin camerarius (itself rendered "chamberlain").[4]
In the Dečani chrysobulls, King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–1331) mentioned that the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the kaznac, tepčija, vojvoda, sluga and stavilac.[5]
The title of veliki kaznac (велики казнац, "grand kaznac") was later transformed into protovestijar.
List of title holders
editSerbia
edit- Vlado, served between 1274 and 1279
- Prvoslav Radojević (fl. 1280), served Helen of Anjou.[4]
- Mrnjan (fl. 1288), served Helen of Anjou at the court at Trebinje.
- Miroslav (fl. 1306), kaznac, served Stefan Milutin.
- Jovan Dragoslav (fl. 1300–15), kaznac (1300), then veliki kaznac (1315), served Stefan Milutin.
- Dmitar, served Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31)[6]
- Baldovin (fl. 1325–33), served Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31)
- Gradislav Borilović, served Stefan Dušan.
- Pribac, served Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55).
- Bogdan (fl. 1363), kaznac in the service of Emperor Uroš V
- Tolislav
Bosnia
edit- Krasoje, served around 1378 as the last known kaznac of Bosnia and the founder of noble family Kresojevic.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Florida State University. Center for Slavic and East European Studies (1970). The Florida State University slavic papers, Volumes 4-5. Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Florida State University. p. 112. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
A kaznacina is headed by a Kaznac who is a state employee, representative of the state authority in the kaznacina
- ^ Dragoljub: zabavan i poucan tjednik, Volume 2. 1868. p. 715. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
kaznac, koji se pominje u srbskih i bosanskih listinah sa značenjem praefectus
- ^ Florida State University. Center for Slavic and East European Studies (1970). The Florida State University slavic papers, Volumes 4-5. Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Florida State University. p. 112. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
He also inflicts penalties, hence his title kazna-penalty in Serbo-Croat language)
- ^ a b Purković 1985, p. 27.
- ^ Srđan Šarkić (1996). Srednjovekovno srpsko pravo. Matica srpska. p. 66. ISBN 9788636303696.
- ^ Blagojević 2001, p. 21.
- ^ Prilozi (XIII). Institute of History Sarajevo: 31. 1977. ISSN 0350-1159.
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Sources
edit- Blagojević, Miloš (2001). Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama (in Serbian). Službeni list SRJ. ISBN 9788635504971.
- Ćirković, Sima; Mihaljčić, Rade (1999). Лексикон српског средњег века (in Serbian). Knowledge. ISBN 9788683233014.
- Dinić, Mihailo; Ćirković, Sima (1978). Српске земље у средњем веку: историјско-географске студије (in Serbian). Српска књижевна задруга.
- Purković, Miodrag (1985). Srpska kultura srednjega veka (in Serbian). Izd. Srpske pravoslavne eparhije za zapadnu Evropu.