6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1010579BEW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
Diplomatics (or the study of charters) is a traditional auxiliary science of history. It is the study of the relationship between form, content and function of charters in the context of pragmatic literacy, as well as the oral and ritual communication that plays a role in their issue, use and destruction. This course deals with the definition, typology, formal characteristics, production and transmission of charters.
This course also explains the basic principles of chronology (including different eras, the beginning of the year and the conversion of dates) and sigillography.
Photocopies of charters. Syllabus diplomatics, chronology and
sigillography (University of Ghent, in Dutch)
Students will gain insight in the production and use of medieval charters
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
LEC Practical Assignment determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the LEC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
practical assignment: exercises in chronology and the analysis of a charter
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology: Profile Profile Art Studies and Archaeology (only offered in Dutch)