Archives and medieval developments

Hi Maggie,

Sorry if this is addressed in your page somewhere and I missed it, but do you have any information about how archives/recordkeeping practices were affected by warfare and the changes in territorial space during the medieval period? Considering archives from the perspective of how they are impacted by significant societal and political changes might be important. Similarly, although obviously the medieval period is generally cut off right at the beginning of the Reformation, but how were religious archives affected by changing attitudes toward the church? The establishment of the Church of England might fall into this category.

In terms of general proofreading, I'd recommend paying more attention to consistency in how you refer to centuries (eg., 12th versus twelfth). Either one is acceptable in this kind of writing, but it's just a good idea to pick one and use it throughout.

As an aside, I like your use of pictures, I think they are very effective!

Hi Kelsey,

I've actually been having a hard time addressing how the changes in territorial spaces impacted archives. Given my regional layout, it's kind of hard to explain "and the borders changed after Charlemagne died and the Carolingian empire was fractured into three empires". Should I make the Carolingian empire a separate region?

In terms of warfare, I have not seen a lot on its effects. Though one could conclude that the reason Henry II had chests of records rather than a permanent repository was because he was travelling to different conflict areas. But there is so far little on how warfare affected repositories. I will look into that further.

There are some religious changes I can explain further such as the Cluniac/Benedictine Reform. However, the establishment of the Church of England is an early modern development, so I left that for Morgan.

And yes, I was getting around to those kind of edits. So far I've just been throwing information up there in a somewhat coherent manner.

Thanks for the questions and compliments!