Kaznac Explained

Kaznac (Serbian: казнац) was a court title of the state employee in medieval Bosnia and Serbia who was in charge for the treasury in the territory under his jurisdiction — kaznačina (казначина).^{[1] [2]} The name of the title is derived from Serbo-Croatian word kazna (English: penalty).^[3] The kaznac was a financial-taxation service, translated into Latin camerarius (itself rendered "chamberlain").

In the Dečani chrysobulls, King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–1331) mentioned that the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the kaznac, tepčija, vojvoda, sluga and stavilac.^[4]

The title of veliki kaznac (велики казнац, "grand kaznac") was later transformed into protovestijar.

List of title holders

Serbia

• Vlado, served between 1274 and 1279
• Prvoslav Radojević (1280), served Helen of Anjou.
• Mrnjan (fl. 1288), served Helen of Anjou at the court at Trebinje.
• Miroslav (fl. 1306), kaznac, served Stefan Milutin.
• Jovan Dragoslav (fl. 1300–15), kaznac (1300), then veliki kaznac (1315), served Stefan Milutin.
• Dmitar, served Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31)
• Baldovin (fl. 1325–33), served Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31)
• Gradislav Borilović, served Stefan Dušan.
• Pribac, served Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55).
• Bogdan (fl. 1363), kaznac in the service of Emperor Uroš V
• Tolislav

Bosnia

• Krasoje, served around 1378 as the last known kaznac of Bosnia and the founder of noble family Kresojevic.^[5]

See also

• Serbian noble titles in the Middle Ages

Sources

• Book: Blagojević, Miloš. Miloš Blagojević. Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama. 2001. Službeni list SRJ. 9788635504971. sr.
• Book: Ćirković. Sima. Sima Ćirković. Mihaljčić. Rade. Rade Mihaljčić. sr:Лексикон српског средњег века. https://books.google.com/books?id=AypYAAAAMAAJ. 1999. Knowledge. 9788683233014. sr.
• Book: Dinić. Mihailo. Mihailo Dinić. Ćirković. Sima. Sima Ćirković. sr:Српске земље у средњем веку: историјско-географске студије. https://books.google.com/books?id=PH8BAAAAMAAJ. 1978. Српска књижевна задруга. sr.
• Book: Purković, Miodrag. Srpska kultura srednjega veka. 1985. Izd. Srpske pravoslavne eparhije za zapadnu Evropu. sr.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Florida State University slavic papers, Volumes 4-5. 1970. Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Florida State University. Florida State University. Center for Slavic and East European Studies. 26 March 2012. 112. A kaznacina is headed by a Kaznac who is a state employee, representative of the state authority in the kaznacina.
2. Book: Dragoljub: zabavan i poucan tjednik, Volume 2. 1868. 26 March 2012. 715. kaznac, koji se pominje u srbskih i bosanskih listinah sa značenjem praefectus.
3. Book: The Florida State University slavic papers, Volumes 4-5. 1970. Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Florida State University. Florida State University. Center for Slavic and East European Studies. 26 March 2012. 112. He also inflicts penalties, hence his title kazna-penalty in Serbo-Croat language).
4. Book: Srđan Šarkić. Srednjovekovno srpsko pravo. 1996. Matica srpska. 66. 9788636303696.
5. Institute of History Sarajevo. 1977. XIII. 31. 0350-1159. Prilozi.