Testimony (to some extent fictitious)'
Proofs of age in the first half of the fifteenth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4827433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Holford (0000-0002-1528-9981, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 218 |
| Pages | 635-654 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00471.x |
| OpenAlex | W1965585844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article offers an assessment of the reliability and value of proofs of age produced c.1400–50. It argues that the testimonies recorded in these proofs must be treated with considerable scepticism. From around 1420 onwards, proofs with demonstrably fictitious or conventional testimonies were produced in increasingly large numbers. The documents had become something of a formality, and it was not expected that they would be closely scrutinized. But despite these caveats, proofs of age cannot simply be dismissed. Many are not obviously conventional in their contents; and even in certain apparently fictitious documents, care was taken to provide some accurate information
Epistemology · Fifteenth · Formality · Linguistics · Mathematical proof · Skepticism · Statistics · Classics · Computer Science · History · Mathematics · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Medieval History and Crusades · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |