The General Receiver of Flanders, 1262-1372: A Study in Administrative History (Belgium)

Between the mid-thirteenth and the mid-fourteenth centuries, the position of general receiver of Flanders gradually evolved from an assortment of ad hoc functions performed by some non-specific member of the count of Flanders' household into an identifiable administrative office. Initially the receiver was primarily responsible for receiving all of the count's revenues, but eventually his functions grew to include payment of most of the count's expenses, accounting for his finances, and the administration of justice. Correlated with the evolution of the functions peculiar to the position were the development of a staff and the establishment of a wage independent of the revenues of the office. The resultant development of the general receiver from a personal servant of the count to a more public official can be discerned in the evolution of this first central administrative office in Flanders.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Kittell, Ellen Elizabeth

• History, Medieval

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8409970

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70489