It considers how documents were produced and what influenced the forms in use. This course outlines the methods of diplomatic both in working out the implicit meaning of a class of documents and in testing the authenticity of individual documents. It cannot cover the whole medieval period in sufficient detail to represent a training in palaeography, but it lays a foundation for students to acquire higher palaeographical skill in their particular areas of interest, and it enables them to understand palaeographical reasoning when they encounter it in secondary literature relating to manuscripts and texts. This course is an outline introduction to the potential of palaeography for dating and locating books and documents from their style of writing. Overview of the history of writing 450-1500 (8 lectures). This course is offered at the beginning of the Michaelmas term so that those who need to pursue their research in archives can make a start early in the year. The examples used, however, are selected to illustrate the principal forms of document, both official and private, in use in England during the period. Acquiring a facility in reading the documents, including the abbreviations and contractions in regular use, is the main aim of the course. Documents are studied in batches that illustrate a particular point about the making or use of records. Reading Medieval Documents (12 classes) aims to introduce students to the study of original documents and of enrolled copies from the late eleventh century to the fifteenth century. The course concentrates on documents in Latin, the language of most widespread medieval use. Training in the use of original documents depends on students' familiarity with the languages in which the documents to be studied were written.
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