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John Fines.
Reading Historical Documents: A Manual for Students.
Published Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988.
ISBN 0631901671;
ISBN-13: 9780631901679.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Page Bros., Norwich.
Size: 170x244x7mm.
Page count: [viii],100pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some mild scuffs and creases on the covers, a little wear on the edges with the corners starting to rub; the spine has some mild bumping at either end, but is not otherwise creased from reading.

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This item £4.50
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Weight without packaging: 221g.

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No medieval emphasis. Contents: What is a document?; How to tackle a document in 8 easy steps; Scanning & analysis; A sense of time & period; Critical reading — who is right, which version shall I take?; Language of the document; Writing history from the sources.
Apendix: List of documents.

Illustrations: frequent, monochrome
Maps & plans: 1

[No apparatus].

[PCL2]

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