A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DOS ESTUDOS HISTÓRICOS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA DIPLOMÁTICA NOS SÉCULOS XVIII E XIX :: Brapci 2.0

Diplomatics rises as a study field in the 17th century with a juridical purpose related to the verification of authenticity of “diplomas”. Along the 18th and 19th centuries, Diplomatics is deeply influenced by the European scientific and historiographical movements and gets the status of a scientific discipline devoted to the study of the authenticity of documents as a basis for historical research. This article characterizes Diplomatics during the mentioned period in order to point out the main historical factors which have contributed to the development of the discipline, especially in terms of the author that have been responsible for the theoretical foundation of Diplomatics.