MEDIEVAL TREATIES AND THE DIPLOMATIC AESTHETIC
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The charters of medieval diplomacy are essays in formulating a lingua franca of documentary communication. Through the process of realizing a mutually authentic textual object, they make negotiation visible. This essay examines some examples in detail from treaties concluded among England, France, and Portugal, in the context of a broader methodological intervention: to join the forces of New Diplomatic History with the study of material texts as visual culture.
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England, France, diplomatics, material texts, medieval, New Diplomatic History, paleography, Portugal, treaties, visual culture
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SEALS-MAKING AND MARKING CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE MEDIEVAL WORLD