diplomatics

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Introduction
History of the study of documents
- Medieval and Renaissance work
- Post-Renaissance scholarship
Diplomatic method
- Types of documents
- Classification of documents
- Physical appearance of documents
- Form and content of documents
Development and characteristics of chanceries
- The Roman and Byzantine empire
- The papal chancery
- The royal chanceries of medieval France and Germany
- The English royal chancery
- The chanceries of smaller European nations

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