Record Commission editors
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Record Commission editors were 19th-century British scholars and officials responsible for preparing authoritative editions of key historical legal and governmental records.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of people
→
historical editors → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
England
NERFINISHED
→
Ireland → Scotland → Wales → |
| country |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
→
United Kingdom → |
| employer |
British Record Commission
→
|
| field |
archival studies
→
diplomatics → history → legal history → |
| hasGoal |
improving access to public records
→
preservation of historical records → producing reliable reference editions → supporting constitutional history research → supporting legal scholarship → |
| hasRole |
editor of historical records
→
government official → scholar → |
| hasTask |
annotating documents
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collating manuscripts → creating indexes → organizing records chronologically → organizing records thematically → preparing authoritative editions → providing references → selecting documents for publication → standardizing spelling and forms → transcribing records → verifying accuracy of texts → writing introductions → |
| influenced |
historical methodology in Britain
→
later public record editorial standards → |
| location |
London
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| partOf |
Record Commission publications
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| timePeriod |
19th century
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|
| workOn |
administrative records
→
charters → early modern records → governmental records → legal records → medieval records → parliamentary records → rolls → royal correspondence → state papers → statutes → treaties → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
The Statutes of the Realm
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compiledBy |