Description: The subjects range from reinterpretations of Carolingian or Anglo-Saxon political history, through the production and use of charters by all ranks of society and their subsequent preservation from Spain to Germany and England to Italy, to explorations of new media leading to new kinds of results from such evidence. The result is an a
Review Quotes: "While other scholars of 'charter studies' are pushing the frontiers of 'digital diplomatics' beyond simple database studies, the essays in this volume show that the time-honored practice of reading charters carefully--which, many of the essays suggest, means with particular attention to a range of contextual information--continues to add to our understanding not only of early medieval documentary practices, but of early medieval history generally." -- Adam J. Kosto, The Medieval Review