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Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Map
Introduction
Historical Background
The Political History of Medieval Wallachia and Moldavia
Church Organisation
Social History
Central and Urban Administrations
Jurisdiction
A Survey of the Sources
The Evidence : Archives and (Indirect) Sources
Monastic Archives
Private Storage of Charters
The Importance of Indirect Evidence in Assessing the Spread of Pragmatic Literacy in Wallachia and Moldavia
Documents Issued by the Office of the Prince
Land Charters
The Wording and Layout of Princely Charters
Political and Commercial Treaties
Political Treaties
Commercial Treaties and Regulations
Enduring Oral Practices Recorded in Writing
The Textual Features of the Wallachian and Moldavian Treaties
Princely Letters for the Exchange of Information with Foreign Institutions
Missives Related to Diplomacy and Politics
Trade Regulations and The Settling of Conflicts
Princely Requests for Foreign Goods Recorded in Writing
Other Personal Issues Addressed in Writing
Language and Layout of Moldavian and Wallachian Princely Missives
Diversification of Document Producers
Documents Issued by the Moldavian and Wallachian Town Administrations
Letters
Land Records
The Clerical Milieu as Producer of Pragmatic Documents
Land Records
Written Wills
Other Pragmatic Documents Issued by Religious Authorities
Documents Issued by Court Officials
Letters
Charters
Land Records Issued outside Institutions
The Technical Literacy of Authors of Documents
Moldavian and Wallachian Chancery Scribes
The Moldavian Evidence
The Wallachian Evidence
Foreign Scribes Active in the Moldavian and Wallachian State Chanceries
Scribes Employed in the Urban or Regional Offices
Writers of Land Records at the Village Level
The Cost of Having Charters Written
Chancery Scribes as Proto-Diplomats
The Education of the First Literates
Use and Dissemination of Pragmatic Documents
Records and their Uses
The Wallachian Context : Women's (Lack of) Rights to Inherit Land and the Transition from Oral to Written Forms of Land Possession
The Practice of Fraternal Adoptions Used as Proto-Testaments
Economic Crisis, Social Conflict and the Use of Written Records to Endorse the Rights of Protimissis
Moldavian Charters and their Use
Falsification of Charters
The Use of Written Evidence in Wallachian and Moldavian Dispute Settlements
The Wallachian Evidence
Orality as a Practice of a Judicial Process
Charter Evidence as an Aide-Memoire
Charters as Legal Proof?
The Moldavian Evidence
The Use and Function of Land Charters beyond the Courts
The Perception of Land Charters
Uses and Functions of Letters and the Status of their Users
The Function of Letters
Letters Used as Devices of Support
Letters as Written Confirmations of Oral Agreements
Letters as Channels of Trust Building
The Status of Those Involved in the Exchange of Written Information
Uses of Written Documents in the Process of Government
Administrative Letters
Writs
The Documentary Culture of the Merchant Milieu
Conclusions
Appendix : Reigns of the Wallachian and Moldavian Princes (Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)
Bibliography
Index.
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Map
Introduction
Historical Background
The Political History of Medieval Wallachia and Moldavia
Church Organisation
Social History
Central and Urban Administrations
Jurisdiction
A Survey of the Sources
The Evidence : Archives and (Indirect) Sources
Monastic Archives
Private Storage of Charters
The Importance of Indirect Evidence in Assessing the Spread of Pragmatic Literacy in Wallachia and Moldavia
Documents Issued by the Office of the Prince
Land Charters
The Wording and Layout of Princely Charters
Political and Commercial Treaties
Political Treaties
Commercial Treaties and Regulations
Enduring Oral Practices Recorded in Writing
The Textual Features of the Wallachian and Moldavian Treaties
Princely Letters for the Exchange of Information with Foreign Institutions
Missives Related to Diplomacy and Politics
Trade Regulations and The Settling of Conflicts
Princely Requests for Foreign Goods Recorded in Writing
Other Personal Issues Addressed in Writing
Language and Layout of Moldavian and Wallachian Princely Missives
Diversification of Document Producers
Documents Issued by the Moldavian and Wallachian Town Administrations
Letters
Land Records
The Clerical Milieu as Producer of Pragmatic Documents
Land Records
Written Wills
Other Pragmatic Documents Issued by Religious Authorities
Documents Issued by Court Officials
Letters
Charters
Land Records Issued outside Institutions
The Technical Literacy of Authors of Documents
Moldavian and Wallachian Chancery Scribes
The Moldavian Evidence
The Wallachian Evidence
Foreign Scribes Active in the Moldavian and Wallachian State Chanceries
Scribes Employed in the Urban or Regional Offices
Writers of Land Records at the Village Level
The Cost of Having Charters Written
Chancery Scribes as Proto-Diplomats
The Education of the First Literates
Use and Dissemination of Pragmatic Documents
Records and their Uses
The Wallachian Context : Women's (Lack of) Rights to Inherit Land and the Transition from Oral to Written Forms of Land Possession
The Practice of Fraternal Adoptions Used as Proto-Testaments
Economic Crisis, Social Conflict and the Use of Written Records to Endorse the Rights of Protimissis
Moldavian Charters and their Use
Falsification of Charters
The Use of Written Evidence in Wallachian and Moldavian Dispute Settlements
The Wallachian Evidence
Orality as a Practice of a Judicial Process
Charter Evidence as an Aide-Memoire
Charters as Legal Proof?
The Moldavian Evidence
The Use and Function of Land Charters beyond the Courts
The Perception of Land Charters
Uses and Functions of Letters and the Status of their Users
The Function of Letters
Letters Used as Devices of Support
Letters as Written Confirmations of Oral Agreements
Letters as Channels of Trust Building
The Status of Those Involved in the Exchange of Written Information
Uses of Written Documents in the Process of Government
Administrative Letters
Writs
The Documentary Culture of the Merchant Milieu
Conclusions
Appendix : Reigns of the Wallachian and Moldavian Princes (Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)
Bibliography
Index.