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sition and appointment of town writers , which resulted from ongoing needs of the town . The next part of the article focuses on town writers ’ education . The required expertise and skills are analyzed based on responsibilities involved in the job , as well as the documents preserved to this day in the form of municipal books . The article also discusses issues such as the origin and social background of town writers .
Keywords : town writer , writing office , Greater Poland , Old Polish period , education , origin