History & Important Figures

Question 1

Schellenberg

Answer 1

American; thought you should save records because of their future research value; practical approach based on amount of records

Question 2

Jenkinson

Answer 2

British; liked keeping everything, documents are drawn up in administrative or executive action and set aside for future use

Question 3

Mabillion

Answer 3

early diplomatist who believed the context of a document’s creation can be understood through physical and intellectual form apart from content; identified necessary and sufficient elements of records; published de re diplomatica, a set of six volumes examining charters in monasteries and drew conclusions on authenticity; participated in diplomatic wars against daniel van papenbroeck

Question 4

principles of diplomatics from Roman law

Answer 4

antiquity provides authority; public deposit guarantees reliability; unbroken chain of custody ensures authenticity

Question 5

role of French Revolution in archival diplomatics

Answer 5

it used to be that each unique administration conditioned archives. as this changed, people were looking for a self-referential system by which they could understand archival material

Question 6

Miller, Feith, and Fruin

Answer 6

published the “Dutch Manual” in 1898; first comprehensive examination of archival theory