The Making of Medieval Forgeries

The Making of Medieval Forgeries False Documents in Fifteenth-Century England - The British Library Studies in Medieval Culture

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Middle Ages are famous for spectacular forgeries. Alfred Hiatt examines the function of forged documents in late medieval politics and society, discussing in whose interests it was to forge documents, what kinds of narratives were enshrined in forgery and why forgery so often escaped detection.

Book information

ISBN: 9780712348157
Publisher: The British Library
Imprint: The British Library
Pub date:
DEWEY: 098.30940902
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: xiv, 226 , 8 of plates
Weight: -1g
Height: 246mm
Width: 176mm