Using ancient archival inventories for the study of medieval family documentary production: problems and methods

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Abstract

The article departs from the signifi cant results of the INVENT.ARQ project, dedicated to the study of archival inventories of family archives, from the fi fteenth to the nineteenth centuries, benefi ting also from the following research, which has resulted in the discovery and (still progressing) study of some more ten inventories. The text opens with a description of the documentary material, on to discussing the questions and problems posed by its scientifi c use, and suggest some avenues of historical and archival research coming from and using ancient inventories of family archives. The essay is most of all of a methodological and pedagogical character, thinking in particular of the growing interest from young researchers. It offers a refl ection on the difficulties encountered during an extended period of work on this type of source.

O artigo parte dos resultados projecto INVENT.ARQ, dedicado aos inventários de arquivo de família século XV ao XIX (2014-2015), e da continuação da investigação desde inícios de 2016, que permitiu a localização e estudo de mais cerca de uma dezena de inventários. Começa-se pela descrição do material documental reunido, para de seguida discutir as questões e problemas colocados por uma sua utilização científi ca e, por fi m, sugerir alguns temas de investigação histórica e de arquivística histórica, a partir de, e com, os documentos em estudo. O texto tem essencialmente um carácter metodológico e pedagógico, reflectindo sobre as difi culdades encontradas nos anos de trabalho com esta fonte.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecovered voices, newfound questions
Subtitle of host publicationFamily archives and historical research
EditorsLurdes Rosa, Rita Sampaio da Nóvoa, Alice Borges Gago, Maria João da Câmara
Place of PublicationCoimbra
PublisherImprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Pages85-111
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)978-989-26-1793-0
ISBN (Print)978-989-26-1793-0
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019

Keywords

  • Theory and methodology
  • Inventories
  • Historical archivistics
  • Family archives

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