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The Old Iasi Police (Poliţia De Odinioară a Iaşilor)

2017; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Romeno

1556-5068

Beatrice Romanescu,

Historical and Architectural Studies

English Abstract: Reliable information about a specific authority to organize authority in the city of Iasi in the past is scarce. Although some of the city's Captains or Agi chronicles, “regulators of public order and publicity are mentioned”, there is no clarification about all their duties, so we can not say that their attributions were only administrative Or military, only court or town, or that they were all together. The importance of Agia grew after the Iasi fair became the capital of Moldova. The assumption of police responsibilities, in addition to the predominantly military, is explained by the tendency of the central power to extend its full control over the urban administration. That is why the institution was subordinated directly to the reign. The police duties were exercised in Iasi Fair by a boyar, charged with supervising the city's watchmen, judging the small processes of the citizens and punishing those found walking in the streets, irrespective of the social category they belonged to. According to Interpolator Misail Calugaru, aga was a runner-in-law and the fair, pre-jassy, giddy and had the task of organizing the hosting of foreign guests. Romanian Abstract: Informaţii sigure despre vreo instituţie anume de organizare a autoritaţii in orasul Iasi, in trecut, sunt puţine. Desi se menţioneaza in unele cronici despre “Capitani” sau “Agi” ai orasului, purtatori de buzdugan, “regulatori ai ordinei si alimentarei publice”, nu se dau lamuriri despre toate indatoririle lor, asa ca nu putem afirma ca atribuţiile lor erau numai administrative sau militare, numai judecatoresti sau orasenesti, ori ca erau toate la un loc. Importanţa “Agiei” a crescut dupa ce tirgul Iasilor a devenit capitala Moldovei. Incredinţarea responsabilitaţilor poliţienesti, pe lânga cele preponderent militare, este explicata prin tendinţa puterii centrale de a-si extinde controlul total asupra administraţiei târgului. Acesta este si motivul pentru care instituţia a fost subordonata direct domniei. Atribuţiile poliţienesti erau exercitate in târgul Iasi de un aga, boier de divan, insarcinat cu supravegherea strajilor orasului, cu judecerea micilor procese ale cetaţenilor si cu pedepsirea celor gasiţi umblând beţi pe uliţe, indiferent de categoria sociala din care faceau parte. Potrivit interpolatorului Misail Calugarul, aga era un “ispravnic de darabani si pe târgu, pre Iasi, giudeţ” si avea sarcina de a organiza gazduirea oaspeţilor straini.