The financial administration of the parish churches of Kronstadt (Brașov / Brassó) in the 16th century

In this paper I discuss the the 16 th century financial administration of the parish church of Kronstadt (Rom. Brașov, Hung. Brassó), one of the most important Transylvanian towns. 1 (In the town, where the Reformation was introduced in 1542, there was only one parish, but several churches, where in 1572 served 11 Lutheran priests. 2 Here I will not discuss the finances of the school and hospital, which seemingly had separate cash desks, although these institutions were partially controlled by the parish priest [and partially by the town magistrate], 3 as the schoolmasters of the urban parish school of Kronstadt, like in other Hungarian towns, were