The study and publishing of primary sources

This research group follows a primary source analysis and publishing tradition initiated in the Institute of Palaeography and Diplomatics of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra. The group aims to provide information on historical collections and support research projects within other research groups in the Center for the History of Society and Culture. Its aims are: to research written sources in Portuguese and Latin, engaging in a multidisciplinary approach (using palaeography, diplomatics, codicology, cultural studies); to analyse the written word as a socio-cultural, political, and ideological product; to publish sources (and source guides) in book and/or digital form; to supply research methodologies as a foundation to engaging with primary sources, namely indexes and historiographical thinking; to research the production of documents in context (royal, ecclesiastic, local, and by private individuals), in medieval and early modern Iberia; to carry out the history of books (in manuscript and printed) as well as that of archives and libraries.

Coordination: Maria José Azevedo Santos | mazevedo_santos@yahoo.com