Palaeography and Diplomatics are now central to History and Philology. This science offers a more empirical approach to History. Its importance reaches into Codicology, Onomastics, and Genealogy. The study of writing is essential to understanding historical processes.However, we must question the scope and limits of the study of writing. Should we treat aesthetic and ceremonial details as true reflections of complex histories? Is assigning symbolic meaning to graphic features objective or just based on assumptions? Can calligraphy trends show us social shifts? Exploring these problems shows the challenge of linking writing form to history. Graphic and stylistic symbols can have many reasons – practical, social, economic, or aesthetic. The texts here make clear that the study and interpretation of data must include a critical examination of the sources. We must also remember the context in which they grew, as this gives them true meaning. This volume therefore, invites us to reflect on the importance of Palaeography and Diplomatics in understanding historical processes, for which interdisciplinary dialogue is also particularly relevant.

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Publicações do Cidehus

Year

2025

eBook ISBN

9789727784882

Topic

Education

Introductory pages
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Writing, Preserving, and Reading History
Escrita e história, documento e história: as transformações da paleografia e da diplomática
Secretary and italic hand in Britain in the sixteenth century: a problem of perceptions
Ciphered communication within Dutch Brazil colony
Graphic symbolism in the handwritten signature of the kings of Aragon: notes on the "L Coronada de Valencia"
Un prélat inscrit dans un cercle de plomb
Das letras à política
La festividad del Corpus Christi y su documentación en el Archivo de Villa de Madrid durante el reinado de Fernando VI

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