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Hidden histories in private hands: the Old Radnor Charter of 1318 and the need for a register of private pre-modern Welsh documents
Matthew Stevens 
Studia Celtica, Volume: 49, Pages: 105 - 114
Swansea University Author:
Matthew Stevens
Abstract
Three goals are achieved in this article: first, the publication of a previously unknown 1318 charter from the old county of Radnorshire; second, the content of the charter is used ‘to people’ the landscape of fourteenth-century eastern Radnorshire in much greater detail than previously possible; th...
| Published in: | Studia Celtica |
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| Published: |
2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21964 |
| Abstract: |
Three goals are achieved in this article: first, the publication of a previously unknown 1318 charter from the old county of Radnorshire; second, the content of the charter is used ‘to people’ the landscape of fourteenth-century eastern Radnorshire in much greater detail than previously possible; third, an argument is made for the voluntary registration of similar documents in private hands, leading to the creation of a free-access online register. |
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| Keywords: |
Medieval, Wales, Radnorshire, Charter |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
105 |
| End Page: |
114 |