tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post4928818296270012902..comments2024-02-07T03:12:59.031-05:00Comments on Blogenspiel: How to read a charterAnother Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-23805280575229143772009-07-09T17:58:36.297-04:002009-07-09T17:58:36.297-04:00Interesting... but I suppose I enjoy anything with...Interesting... but I suppose I enjoy anything with Medieval influence.<br />http://www.squidoo.com/redskytraderUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587984998988066785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-7755576859038424572009-07-01T07:08:08.727-04:002009-07-01T07:08:08.727-04:00Well, that does actually make you quite unusual in...Well, that does actually make you quite unusual in my charter-geeking acquaintance... and, yes, you should now have a reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-22407922412669554352009-07-01T05:01:17.962-04:002009-07-01T05:01:17.962-04:00Just because I've actually read all of the Ste...Just because I've actually <i>read</i> all of the Stengel and Classen?<br /><br />Also -- I just emailed you yesterday ...Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-85275722622609228662009-06-30T17:51:21.545-04:002009-06-30T17:51:21.545-04:00one does good works in hopes of adding to the trea...<i>one does good works in hopes of adding to the treasury of merit</i><br /><br />Indeed, because 'the warnings of the preaching of the Holy Fathers tells us that alms may save the soul from death', a formula that turns up a lot in my stuff.<br /><br />There <i>should</i> be a Charters for Dummies. What there is is all too technically diplomatic and don't tell you what you can get out of them. Barbara Rosenwein's <i>Neighbor of Saint Peter</i> might be the best demonstration of it, but how accessible it is to outsiders, well, I have my doubts. I was supposed to write an article which was sort of `charters for suspicious people or those who should be' a while ago and never found time for all the reading. At this rate ADM will beat me to it :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-76546001848241191252009-06-30T06:27:47.147-04:002009-06-30T06:27:47.147-04:00This is a great description of how you feel when y...This is a great description of how you feel when you read lots of formulaic documents!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-66931154957377652992009-06-30T05:53:17.759-04:002009-06-30T05:53:17.759-04:00Perhaps this could be the foundation of "Char...Perhaps this could be the foundation of "Charters for Dummies" (if such a work doesn't already exist).Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-13800360536677804532009-06-30T05:19:18.146-04:002009-06-30T05:19:18.146-04:00I think only vaguely, in the sense that one does g...I think only vaguely, in the sense that one does good works in hopes of adding to the treasury of merit. The most common word in my charters is 'elimosinum', or 'alms', which is really where these sorts of donations fall.Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-41482299871158661902009-06-29T20:25:53.425-04:002009-06-29T20:25:53.425-04:00Ignorant non-medievalist question: I took a little...Ignorant non-medievalist question: I took a little Latin in HS, and if I'm reading that correctly (which is a presumptuous clause, at best) it seems like a sort of early indulgence formula. How bad a reading is that?Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-31628920809393476382009-06-29T14:50:09.273-04:002009-06-29T14:50:09.273-04:00aargh! And meanwhile, I haven't booked my tra...aargh! And meanwhile, I haven't booked my transport for Scotland, and it's pricey!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-82765403804853794452009-06-29T14:26:36.901-04:002009-06-29T14:26:36.901-04:00Amen ADM. I share your brain strain, as I guess yo...Amen ADM. I share your brain strain, as I guess you know.<br /><br /><i>IONAThanus qui et si humilis academicus qui S+S+S die et anno quod subter</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-87459325583241151732009-06-29T09:52:50.510-04:002009-06-29T09:52:50.510-04:00very true. it's the tedious -- and interestin...very true. it's the tedious -- and interesting -- thing about charters that it's the <i>differences</i> that matter...Matthew Gabrielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971159578332078338noreply@blogger.com