The Social Context of the Charter: Times and Places of Documentation in Early Medieval Iberia (711-1031)
Graham Barrett
When and where was a charter written? Whether the scribe prepared it before, during, or after transaction, on spot elsewhere, conditions its standing as historical evidence. They are basic questions for understanding how written record relates to communities whose actions reveals. This article seeks answers in corpus from kingdoms of Asturias-León Navarra down 1031. Attention writing content documents points variety scenarios, most common being: attend transaction with template be integrated into execution take notes at essential details form basis later drafting record. Both scenarios presume real presence well reading aloud final text participants, which together functioned controls word ensure integration society.
Studia historica