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<big>'''WiDACT: the Wiki Data Accumulator for the Cities and Towns of England and Wales, 1200-1700'''</big>
 
  
The WiDACT is a project of the Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT) website (http://aalt.law.uh.edu).
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! style="text-align: left;" | '''The WiDACT''' is a wiki site that shares research findings on the cities and towns of England and WalesResearchers may post relevant links to documents organized by town and time.  The contents of the document may then be summarized and/or translated and commented upon.  The goals of the WiDACT are
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* furthering the history of the city and towns of England and Wales
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'''WAALT''' is a wiki site that shares research findings on a wide range of themesAfter receiving an account, researchers can post relevant links to documents from AALT and elsewhere, then summarize, translate, and comment upon them.   
* enabling the exploitation of TNA documents available on the AALT (and, tangentially, elsewhere)
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* expanding the research community by providing a research purpose short of full-fledged publication
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WAALT's goals are
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* enabling the exploitation of TNA documents available on AALT and elsewhere
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* expanding the research community by providing a research purpose short of publication
 
* lowering the cost of research by expanding online research capability
 
* lowering the cost of research by expanding online research capability
 
* providing a collaborative model of research
 
* providing a collaborative model of research
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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>
  
|'''''ADDING A TOWN''''' The main grid is security protected, because it is hard to construct.  More towns will be added on request to rpalmer@uh.edu with subject line of "WiDACT".  The original set of cities/towns in the main grid is not meant as a limitation but only as a starting point.  Adding a town will normally be accomplished within 24 hours of the request.
 
 
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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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| '''''Categories''''':  the WiDACT has a main grid organized first by town/city, with subsequent columns for different categories.
 
* '''Officials:'''  a listing of various city/town officials; column headers must be adjusted to reflect the city/town organization.  These pages are organized in relatively long chronological segments.
 
* '''Documents:'''  a catch-all category for documents not covered by other columns.  This column will take most documents come upon casually and not by purposive site development.
 
* '''Local Court Records:''' The main subject matter of this column is records of local courts that appear in the central courts by removal or by appellate procedures.  The primary organization is thus one long page organized chronologically.  If users choose to transcribe local court records of other kinds, the main page should only have a brief mention (as with the appellate procedures) with the transcript relegated to another page leading from the main.
 
* '''Exchequer Accounts:'''  The accounts for cities/towns appear mainly in the pipe rolls.  For cities/towns that became counties, the account is one of the primary divisions of the pipe roll and can be found via the ToC page in the AALT.  Before becoming a county, however, the city/town will often have annual enrollments in the account of the ancient county.  Resolution of accounts in the memoranda rolls (E159, E368) and various other exchequer accounting documents can appropriately also be put in this column. 
 
* '''Data Tables:''' People who want to put up data tables can do in this category.  Such data tables may be lists of things or of inhabitants, or analyses of multi-year phenomena.  Make your table in a spreadsheet; convert to HTML; copy and paste into a separate page linked to the page leading from the main grid.
 
* '''Charters:''' The link here leads to a single page with a chronological listing of links to documents relating city/town charters.
 
* '''Researchers:''' The page leading from this column allows researchers to form groups of similar interest that can work on the development of a history of a city or town without duplication of effort.  Such groups can also provide help for each other to develop relevant skills and pool information.
 
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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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<BIG>'''WAALT for English and Anglo-Norman Words and Names<span style="color: white;">'''</span></BIG>
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-- [[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^]]
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'''Conventions'''
 
* link under the date of the document, not the date of the events recounting
 
* copy and paste the link from the original site, otherwise you may mis-copy it
 
* enter data in the series:  description, link, (and, if you choose) translation link (translation link in the series Town, Year, Letter)
 
* each document must have a unique name; construct the names in WiDACT order: Town + category, Year, Order (Bristol Documents 1370 B)
 
* dates are constructed in ascending order:  day, month, year (29.12.97 (when the century is otherwise clear) or 29.12.1397)
 
  
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<BIG>'''WAALT for Archival Lists and Projects<span style="color: white;">'''</span></BIG>
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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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'''For examples, see Bristol under  the late 1370s''' after clicking on link above
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To contact WAALT for any reason, email rpalmer@uh.edu and include "WAALT" in the subject line.
  
Consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
 
  
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
 
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
 

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