Lawyers used sheepskin to deter fraudsters out to fleece them
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Historic legal deeds are one of the most abundant resources in British archives, yet we know a surprisingly little amount about…
Historic legal deeds are one of the most abundant resources in British archives, yet we know a surprisingly little amount about…
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It turns out that most medieval legal documents in England and Europe in general were written on sheepskin parchment. But why…