The origins of the metrica of the cathedral chapter in Poznań

Abstract

The paper discusses the conditions accompanying the founding of the metrica (protocols of meetings) of the Cathedral chapter in Poznań (preserved from 1428). The author points especially to the attempts at reforming the administration of the chapter’s estate undertaken from the end of the 14th century, which created the need to record its decisions. The most important cause for starting the metrica was the introduction of those reforms (1423/1424). At the same time bishop Andrzej Łaskarz also introduced several new chancellery solutions.