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'''WAALT''' is a wiki site that shares research findings on a wide range of themes.  After receiving an account, researchers can post relevant links to documents from AALT and elsewhere, then summarize, translate, and comment upon them. 
  
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<BIG>Adding information requires an account.  To receive an account, email elspethrosbrook@gmail.com.  We aim to establish a very broad membership.  Academics, students, independent researchers, and enthusiasts of all varieties are welcome.  Receiving an account gives you an ability to post information but does not imply a commitment to do anything.<span style="color: white;"></span></BIG>
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<BIG>'''WAALT for Cities and Towns<span style="color: white;">'''</span></BIG>
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'''ENGLAND:'''  [[A*]] -- [[B*]] -- [[C*]] -- [[D-E*]] -- [[F-G*]] -- [[H-I*]] -- [[J-L*]] -- [[M-N*]] -- [[O-P*]] -- [[Q-R*]] -- [[S*]] -- [[T-V*]] -- [[W-Z*]]
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'''WALES:'''  [[A-L*]] -- [[M-Z*]]
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|Volunteers who are involved actively in building the site will be listed here as directors. WAALT needs more directors and encourages members to participate.
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<BIG>'''WAALT for Themes'''<span style="color: white;"></span></BIG>
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'''Church:''' [[Advowsons]] -- [[Corrodies]]-- [[Excommunications]] -- [[Parish Management]] -- [[Prohibition/Premunire]] -- [[Religion Miscellany]]
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'''Governance:''' [[Duties of Officials]] -- [[Infrastructure]] -- [[King's Council]] -- [[Parliament]] -- [[Tax Collection]] -- [[War]] -- [[Warlike Conduct]]
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'''Law/Legal Procedures:''' [[Arbitration]] -- [[Attaint; Juries]] -- [[Cases of Interest]] -- [[Evidence]] -- [[Legal Profession]] -- [[Review Procedures]] -- [[Trespassory Rape]] -- --[[Wills/Intestacy]]
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'''Social/Economic:''' [[Books]] -- [[Childhood]] -- [[Construction]] -- [[Foreign Merchants]] -- [[Foreign Residents]] -- [[Marriage]] -- [[Medical]] -- [[Moneyers]] -- [[Occupations]] -- [[Universities]] -- [[Usury]] -- [[Watermills and Windmills]]
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[[Chancery Final Decrees]] -- [[Colonial Charters]] -- [[Court Clerks of Edward I and Edward II]] --  -- [[Elizabethan Star Chamber Project]] -- [[Elizabethan State Papers Project]] -- [[Enrolled Writings, Indentures, etc]] -- [[Gaol Delivery Rolls in KB27s]] -- [[General Pardons]] -- [[Glorious Revolution Project]] -- [[Inquisitions Post Mortem in Common Law Records]] -- [[KR Orders Calendars (E124, E126)]] -- [[Miscellaneous Chancery Records enrolled at Common Law]]-- [[Review of Final Concords at Common Law]]
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Revision as of 19:31, 22 October 2016

WAALT: the Wiki for the Anglo-American Legal Tradition Website WAALT is a project of the Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT) website of the University of Houston.

WAALT is a wiki site that shares research findings on a wide range of themes. After receiving an account, researchers can post relevant links to documents from AALT and elsewhere, then summarize, translate, and comment upon them.


WAALT's goals are

  • furthering the history of England and Wales
  • enabling the exploitation of TNA documents available on AALT and elsewhere
  • expanding the research community by providing a research purpose short of publication
  • lowering the cost of research by expanding online research capability
  • providing a collaborative model of research


Adding information requires an account. To receive an account, email elspethrosbrook@gmail.com. We aim to establish a very broad membership. Academics, students, independent researchers, and enthusiasts of all varieties are welcome. Receiving an account gives you an ability to post information but does not imply a commitment to do anything.

WAALT for Cities and Towns

ENGLAND: A* -- B* -- C* -- D-E* -- F-G* -- H-I* -- J-L* -- M-N* -- O-P* -- Q-R* -- S* -- T-V* -- W-Z*

WALES: A-L* -- M-Z*

Volunteers who are involved actively in building the site will be listed here as directors. WAALT needs more directors and encourages members to participate.

WAALT for Themes

Church: Advowsons -- Corrodies-- Excommunications -- Parish Management -- Prohibition/Premunire -- Religion Miscellany

Governance: Duties of Officials -- Infrastructure -- King's Council -- Parliament -- Tax Collection -- War -- Warlike Conduct

Law/Legal Procedures: Arbitration -- Attaint; Juries -- Cases of Interest -- Evidence -- Legal Profession -- Review Procedures -- Trespassory Rape -- --Wills/Intestacy

Social/Economic: Books -- Childhood -- Construction -- Foreign Merchants -- Foreign Residents -- Marriage -- Medical -- Moneyers -- Occupations -- Universities -- Usury -- Watermills and Windmills

Volunteers who are involved actively in building the site will be listed here as directors. WAALT needs more directors and encourages members to participate.

WAALT for English and Anglo-Norman Words and Names

-- A^ -- B^ -- C^ -- D^ -- E^ -- F^ -- G^ -- H^ -- I^ -- J^ -- K^ -- L^ -- M^ -- N^ -- O^ -- P^ -- Q^ -- R^ -- S^ -- T^ -- U^ -- V^ -- W^ -- X^ -- Y^ -- Z^

WAALT for Archival Lists and Projects

Chancery Final Decrees -- Colonial Charters -- Court Clerks of Edward I and Edward II -- -- Elizabethan Star Chamber Project -- Elizabethan State Papers Project -- Enrolled Writings, Indentures, etc -- Gaol Delivery Rolls in KB27s -- General Pardons -- Glorious Revolution Project -- Inquisitions Post Mortem in Common Law Records -- KR Orders Calendars (E124, E126) -- Miscellaneous Chancery Records enrolled at Common Law-- Review of Final Concords at Common Law

Research Groups

Active:

Forming:

Contact rpalmer@uh.edu to have a group, active or forming, listed here.


To contact WAALT for any reason, email rpalmer@uh.edu and include "WAALT" in the subject line.


Admin