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Title

Charters and the use of the written word in medieval society / edited by Karl Heidecker.

Publication

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Heidecker, Karl, 1961-
• Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht
• Utrecht Symposium on Medieval Literacy (1999)
• International Medieval Congress (1999 : Leeds, England)

Description

xi, 253 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

This collection of papers contains the proceedings of two conferences held during 1999 at Utrecht and Leeds. The papers discuss the development and use of writing in medieval society during specific periods and in specific geographical areas.

Series Statement

Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 5

Uniform Title

Utrecht studies in medieval literacy 5.

Subject

• To 1500
• Charters > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Written communication > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Written communication > Europe > History > Congresses
• Literacy > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Civilization, Medieval > Congresses
• Diplomatics > Europe > Congresses
• Chartes > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge) > Congrès
• Communication écrite > Europe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge) > Congrès
• Communication écrite > Europe > Histoire > Congrès
• Alphabétisation > Europe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge) > Congrès
• Civilisation médiévale > Congrès

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• History

Note

• "This volume contains the proceedings of two gatherings ... an Utrecht Symposium on Medieval Literacy, Charters: the development of writing in Medieval society held on 29 April 1999 in Utrecht, and three consecutive sessions on Charters and the use of the written word during the International Medieval Congress at Leeds on 12 July 1999 ... both organized by the Utrecht Pionier Project Verschriftelijking"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Towards a reappraisal of Carolingian sovereign charters / Mark Mersiowsky. -- Country Clerci and the composition of English twelfth- and thirteenth- century private charters / David Postles. -- The development of charters confirming exchange by the royal administration (Eighth-tenth centuries) / Philippe Depreux. -- What to write in court: literacy and lawsuits in late medieval Austria / Herwig Weigl. -- "From memory to written record" in the periphery of Medieval Latinitas: the case of Poland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries / Anna Adamska. -- Goatskin and growing literacy: the penetration of writing in the former counties of Holland and Zeeland in the thirteenth century in relation to the changes of the internal and external features of the charters issued / Eef Dukhof. -- The writing of charters in Scotland and Ireland in the twelfth century / Dauvit Broun. -- The use of charters and other documents in Prĕmyslide Bohemia / Ivan Hlavácĕk. -- Originals and cartularies: the organization of archival memory (ninth eleventh centuries) / Georges Declercq.
• The metamorphosis of three monastic charter collections in the eleventh century (Saint-Amand, Saint-Riquier, Montier-en-Der) / Laurent Morelle. -- Between Memoria, historiography and pragmatic literacy: the Liber Delegacionum of Reichersberg / Alexander Hecht. -- From "improvised theatre" to scripted roles: literacy and changes in communication in north Italian law courts (twelfth-thirteenth centuries) / Franz-Josef Arlinghaus. -- Textualising peasant enquiries: German Weistümer between orality and literacy / Simon Teuscher.

ISBN

• 2503507719
• 9782503507712

OCLC

• 45713291
• SCSB-10631429

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library