Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The administrative threshold
- 2 The emerging government of Charles V
- 3 The conflict between chancellor and emperor
- 4 The imperial chancellery
- 5 The imperial propaganda campaign of 1526–1527
- 6 The last years of the chancellorship
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 The Summary by Philippe Hanneton, audiencier of the Burgundian chancellery, regarding the office of the Grand Chancellor
- Appendix II ‘The Doubts of [Alonso de] Soria’, lieutenant protonotary, concerning Gattinara's proposals for reforming the Aragonese chancellery
- Appendix III Gattinara's ‘Brussels Remonstrance’
- Appendix IV Gattinara's proposals for the more effective operation of the Council of State
- Appendix V A comparative analysis of the movements of the imperial court and the imperial chancellery 1518–1530
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The imperial chancellery
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The administrative threshold
- 2 The emerging government of Charles V
- 3 The conflict between chancellor and emperor
- 4 The imperial chancellery
- 5 The imperial propaganda campaign of 1526–1527
- 6 The last years of the chancellorship
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 The Summary by Philippe Hanneton, audiencier of the Burgundian chancellery, regarding the office of the Grand Chancellor
- Appendix II ‘The Doubts of [Alonso de] Soria’, lieutenant protonotary, concerning Gattinara's proposals for reforming the Aragonese chancellery
- Appendix III Gattinara's ‘Brussels Remonstrance’
- Appendix IV Gattinara's proposals for the more effective operation of the Council of State
- Appendix V A comparative analysis of the movements of the imperial court and the imperial chancellery 1518–1530
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
It would seem appropriate at this juncture to ask whether there ever was an imperial chancellery under Gattinara that attempted to function not simply for the Holy Roman Empire but for the entire Habsburg monarchia. What constitutes evidence? Ordinances, although they can provide valuable information as to the intended, ideal organization of the chancellery, do not by themselves suffice to prove the existence of an imperial secretariat that embraced both the empire proper and all the dynastic lands. The use of a seal conveying the idea of just such a larger conception of empire certainly makes its reality more tangible. Here we need to remind ourselves that Gattinara had early devised just such a seal of empire universel. A further aid in trying to embody this elusive institution is the development of its personnel, together with the tasks performed and the ideas entertained by individual members of its staff. Another valuable type of evidence, only recently made available by the opening of the Gattinara family archive, is the series of tax receipts providing a breakdown of the emoluments derived from the individual territorial seals. Ultimately, the most satisfactory evidence can be provided by series of registers that chart the continuous activity and operation of the chancellery. In this last respect, however, the investigator is thwarted by the decimated condition of the Estado section at the archives of Simancas for this early period.
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- The Emperor and His ChancellorA Study of the Imperial Chancellery under Gattinara, pp. 59 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1983