Origin and Development of Archival Record-Keeping in the Crown of Castile-Leon
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| Year of Publication |
1993
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Primary Sources & Original Works
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| Volume |
2
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| Issue |
1/2
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| Pagination |
3-18
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| Language |
English
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| Abstract |
Archives were the byproducts of scribal bureaucracies which developed in the Iberian peninsula especially in the Twelfth century. Surveys the type of records and their formats to be found in the heartland Crown of Castile-Leon, focusing on the royal chancery, monastic and cathedral archives, records of the military orders, municipal archives, and the origin of royal archives. Discusses the main archival depositories of Spain, especially regarding their holdings of medieval and early modern records. |
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