Entorn de l'ocupació de càrrecs públics i de la práctica d'ofìcis artesans per part dels clergues el segle XIV

Abstract

This article is devoted to study, in the area of the Crown of Aragon and during the XIV^th century, of a problem that frequently arose in the Middle Ages: public offices, such as those of lawyers, notaires or councillors of cities, etc., were held by clergymen, especially by those who had only obtained the first clerical degree (tonsure), although it was prohibited by ecclesiastical laws. The catalano-aragonese Kings published some royal ordinances in order to regulate that situation and to avoid that, in case the tonsurates committed a fault, were judged by ecclesiastical court and could escape from royal justice, which was more severe.
The activities as artisans of these tonsurates are also studied in this article.