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Die zwei Körper des Kanzlers? Die „reale“ und die „virtuelle“ Karriere Kaspar Schlicks unter König und Kaiser Sigismund – Epilegomena zu einem alten Forschungsthema. I.
| Title in English | The Chancellor’s Two Bodies? The „Real“ and the „Virtual“ Career of Kaspar Schlick under King and Emperor Sigismund – Epilogue to an Old Research Topic. I. |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica |
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| Field | History |
| Keywords | Emperor Sigismund; Kaspar Schlick; royal chancery; medieval diplomatics; medieval forgeries; social climbing |
| Description | The present article is part one of a three-piece study on the remarkable career and the social advancement of Kaspar Schlick (c. 1400-1449) who subsequently served as an imperial chancellor to the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Sigismund, Albrecht II and Frederick III. The authors aim at a comprehensive juxtaposition of Schlick’s “real” curriculum vitae as suggested by the evidence of genuine contemporary sources with the outlines of a merely “virtual” process of climbing in official functions and social status designed and expressed by Schlick himself in a chain of diplomatic forgeries. Whereas parts two and three will be dedicated to this “virtual” career and an analysis of the complex stock of falsifications, the following article traces the “real” career of the chancellor starting from the diffuse origins of the family and the early stages of Schlick’s service in the imperial chancery, proceeding to his promotion to the leading function of the chancellor and his vital influence on diplomacy and politics during the reign of Emperor Sigismund and ending with a sketch of Kaspar’s position under Albrecht II and Frederick III. |
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