Századok – 2014

TANULMÁNYOK - Fazakas István: A magyar udvari kancellária és hivatalnokai a 16-18. században (Hivatalnoki karrierlehetőségek a kora újkori Magyarországon) V/1131

A MAGYAR UDVARI KANGRI I ÁRIA ÉS HIVATALNOKAI A 16-18. SZÁZADBAN 1155

became a corporate authority, that is, decisions were taken at official sessions held with the participation of the chancellor, the deputy chancellor and the councillors.

In the late medieval period the majority of the officials were clerics, who, however, disappeared from the office shortly after 1550. Only the dignities of chancellor and deputy chancellor remained the privilege of clerics right until 1732, mainly for reasons of remuneration. Consequently, lay officials tried to make a living outside the office, before all in the framework of the administration of justice in Hungary. Most of the notaries, regarded as private employees, soon left the chancellery and looked for a safer source of revenue, mainly at the Hungarian Chamber and in the administration of the thirtieth. After 1690, however, the position of the chancellery changed, its numbers were increased, and the financial and legal status of its officials newly ordered. The ranks of the office were regularly filled during the 18th century with rectruits from within, while another group of chief officials arrived from Hungarian offices. Most of the careers started in the chancellery continued in Hungary, with only a tiny number of officials joining the service of other central government institutions. The reorganised Hungarian Chancellery was regarded with its increased personnel as the chief institution of the Hungarian official administration, and as such functioned as one of the channels of social mobility.