Initials and Informed Government in the Anglo-Norman Period
The use of initials rather than names for the king and other official participants in English royal charters from the time of William I until well into the reign of Henry II is a graphic feature, which, it is argued, displays several aspects of royal administration, its control of information, its p...
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2019
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| author | Sharpe, R |
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| description | The use of initials rather than names for the king and other official participants in English royal charters from the time of William I until well into the reign of Henry II is a graphic feature, which, it is argued, displays several aspects of royal administration, its control of information, its pursuit of efficiency, and the expression of the latter in simplified, and by the 1120s cursive, script. These features were not widely imitated and remain a distinctive aspect of Anglo-Norman royal diplomatic. The practice, it is argued, was drawn from a then-new trend to use initials in writing letters, though the progression towards efficiency was unique to the royal chancery. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:2a89f312-66de-4d3d-bdfa-cf6e5028851c2022-03-26T12:25:39ZInitials and Informed Government in the Anglo-Norman PeriodBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:2a89f312-66de-4d3d-bdfa-cf6e5028851cSymplectic Elements at OxfordCambridge University Press2019Sharpe, RTaylor, AThe use of initials rather than names for the king and other official participants in English royal charters from the time of William I until well into the reign of Henry II is a graphic feature, which, it is argued, displays several aspects of royal administration, its control of information, its pursuit of efficiency, and the expression of the latter in simplified, and by the 1120s cursive, script. These features were not widely imitated and remain a distinctive aspect of Anglo-Norman royal diplomatic. The practice, it is argued, was drawn from a then-new trend to use initials in writing letters, though the progression towards efficiency was unique to the royal chancery. |
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