Strategies of Writing: Studies on Text and Trust in the Middle Ages: Papers from “Trust in Writing in the Middle Ages” (Utrecht, 28-29 November 2002)

428 Pages·2008·43.63 MB·English

by  Petra Schulte

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STRATEGIES OF WRITING
STUDIES ON TEXTAND TRUST IN
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
UTRECHT STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERACY
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UTRECHT STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERACY
General Editor
Marco Mostert (Universityof Utrecht)
Editorial Board
Gerd Althoff(Westfälische-Wilhelms-UniversitätMünster)
Michael Clanchy(Universityof London)
Peter Gumbert (Universityof Leiden)
Mayke de Jong (Universityof Utrecht)
Rosamond McKitterick (Universityof Cambridge)
Arpád Orbán (Universityof Utrecht)
Armando Petrucci (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
Richard H. Rouse (UCLA)
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STRATEGIES OF WRITING
STUDIES ON TEXT AND TRUST
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
PAPERS FROM “TRUST IN WRITING IN THE
MIDDLE AGES”
(UTRECHT, 28-29 NOVEMBER 2002)
Edited by
Petra Schulte, Marco Mostert
and Irene van Renswoude
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Strategies of writing : studieson text and trust in the
Middle Ages : papers from"Trustin Writing in the Middle
Ages" (Utrecht 28-29 November 2002) - (Utrecht studies in
medievalliteracy; 13)
1. Literacy- Social aspects- Europe- History- To 1500 -
Congresses 2. Trust - Social aspects 3. Reliability
4. Writing - Europe - History- To 1500 - Congresses
5. Europe - History- 476-1492 - Congresses
I. Schulte, Petra II. Mostert, Marco III.Renswoude, Irene
van
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ISBN-13: 9782503517582
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Printed in the E.U. on acid-free paper
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This volume in the seriesUtrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy
is a tribute to
Michael Clanchy
who inspired much of its contents
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Contents
Preface xi
Einleitung
PETRA SCHULTE 1
Part I: ‘Trust’ and ‘Writing’
Fides publica: Die Dekonstruktion eines Forschungsbegriffes
PETRA SCHULTE 15
Forgeryand Trust
MARCO MOSTERT 37
Part II: Charters
From Subscription to Seal: The Growing Importance of Seals as Signs of
Authenticityin EarlyMedieval Royal Charters
PETER WORM 63
30 June 1047: The End of Charters as Legal Evidence in France?
KARL HEIDECKER 85
Illustration and Persuasion in Southern ItalianCartularies (c.1100)
BRIGITTE RESL 95
Trust in Writing: Charters in the Twelfth-CenturyCountyof Holland
J.W.J.BURGERS 111
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Part III: Historiography
Mechanisms of Authentication in Late Medieval North German
Chronicles
OLIVER PLESSOW 135
Trust and Visualization: Illustrated Chronicles in the Late Middle Ages:
The Swiss Illustrated Chronicle byDiebold Schilling from
Luzern,1513
JEANNETTE RAUSCHERT 165
Part IV: Letters
Litterae, cartae, codices, petentesundnotarii: Aspekte der Vertrauens-
würdigkeit von Papsturkunden imPontifikat Innozenz’III.
(1198-1216)
UTA KLEINE 185
Trust and Mistrust in Letters: Late Medieval Diplomacyand Its Communi-
cation Practices
MICHAEL JUCKER 213
Part V: Political Communication
Suitable for Crown and Gown:TheRitualContextof the Royal Privileges
for theUniversityof Paris
CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICHWEBER 239
Peace Treaties in Italian City Communes: Public Interaction and Written
Record
CHRISTOPHDARTMANN 253
Waging War and Making Peace with Written Documents: The King-
domofPoland against the Teutonic Knights (1411-1422)
ANNA ADAMSKA 263
Point of Reference: Trust and the Function of Written Agreements
in a Late Medieval Town
FRANZ-JOSEF ARLINGHAUS 277
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Rebels, Texts and Triumph: The Use of Written Documents during the
Revolt of 1477 in Bruges
JACOBA VAN LEEUWEN 301
Part VI: Possibilities of Trust in Writing
The Vikings’ Trust in the Written Word
TERJE SPURKLAND 325
Trusting Writing in Medieval Scandinavia
ARNVED NEDKVITNE 337
Ways of Knowingand Meanings of Literacyin Twelfth-CenturyAdmont
CHRISTINA LUTTER 355
Part VII: Ausblick
Trust: Some Methodological Reflections
DOROTHEA WELTECKE 379
“The Word Once Sent Forth Can Never Come Back”: Trust in Writing
and the Dangers of Publication
IRENE VAN RENSWOUDE 393
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