| CODE | LIA5029 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Archives of the Maltese Universitates, Notarial and Private Archives | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Library Information and Archive Sciences | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit provides a coherent overview of the archives of the Maltese Universitates, the Notarial Archives, and the historical private archives on the island. The unit focuses on: the administration, functioning and archival practices of offices and officials involved; an overview of the role of the notary in the Maltese context; the formation, accumulation, managment, and archival organisational models; the concept of private and public record; the methodologies of arrangement and description and related issues. It also discusses these archives in a wider historical and legal context taking into account the different customs, laws, and political influences on Malta from the middle ages to the early British period. Case studies and site-visits are included. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to familiarise students with the archival procedures, the administrative functions, and the legal framework of the Maltese Universitates and notarial archival tradition in Malta. It also offer insights into the private documentary heritage and archival collections preserved in Malta or related to the island. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Examine and discuss the local and international legal context in which the institutions functioned; - Identify the main archival procedures and the archival creators involved; - Define and acquire knowledge on the development of the role of the notary, the characteristics of notarial documents and the broad legal system; - Demonstrate deep knowledge on the concept and typologies of public and private records; - Recognise, analyse and discuss the links of the Maltese archival heritage with other contemporary institutions abroad. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify, arrange, describe, and create access to public and private records; - Be able to deal with different typologies of archives and legal terminology; - Engage critically with secondary sources on the topic; - Transmit knowledge and awareness on the multiform archival heritage of Malta. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Fiorini, S. (ed.) (1996-). Documentary Sources of Maltese History. Supplementary Readings: - Abela, J. (2016). Notarial Manuscripts: Some interesting insights on their composition. Arkivju, Journal of the National Archives of Malta, 7, 37-46; - Abela, J., Buttigieg, E. (2020). NAV: A Survey of the past, present, and future of the Notarial Archives of Valletta, Malta. Nuovi Annali Della Scuola Speciale per Archivisti E Bibliotecari, 34, 5-26; - Bresc, H. (1975). The Secrezia and the Royal patrimony in Malta 1240-1450. In Luttrell, A., (Ed.), Medieval Malta. Studies in Malta before the Knights (pp.126-162); - Casella, L. & Navarrini, R. (2000). Archivi nobiliari e domestici. Conservazione, metodologie di riordino e prospettive di ricerca storica; - Ciappelli, G. (2014). Memory, Family, and Self. Tuscan Family Books and Other European Egodocuments 14th-18th Century (Introduction); - Del Amo Garcia, J., Fiorini, S., & Wettinger, G. (2001). Documentary Sources of Maltese History. Part III: Documents of the Maltese Universitas No. 1, Archivum Cathedralis Melitae, Miscellanea 33: 1405-1542; - Fiorini, S. (2014). The notary in Maltese late medieval society. Journal of Maltese Studies. Essays on the Cantilena, 28, 29-74. Retrieved from: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20824; - Farrugia, C. (2006). L-Arkivji ta’ Malta; - Fiorini, S. (1990). Documentary Sources of Maltese History Part I: Notarial Documents No. 2, Notary Giacomo Zabbara R494/1: 1494-1497; - Fiorini, S. (1992). The "Mandati" Documents at the Archives of the Mdina Cathedral, Malta, 1473-1539. Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/MMMLMandatiMalta; - Fiorini, S. (2005). Documentary Sources of Maltese History Part I: Notarial Documents, No. 1, Notary Giacomo Zabbara R494/1: 1486-1488; - Fiorini, S. (2005). Documentary Sources of Maltese History Part I: Notarial Documents, No. 3, Notary Paulo Bonello Ms. 588: 1467-1517. Notary Giacomo Zabbara Ms. 1132: 1471-1500; - Fiorini, S. (2014). Documentary Sources of Maltese History Part III: Documents of The Maltese Universitas No. 2, The Capitula of Malta and Gozo: 1398-1532; - Fiorini, S. (2016). Documentary Sources of Maltese History Part III: Documents of The Maltese Universitas No. 3, Acta Juratorum et Consilii Civitas et Insulae Maltae, II: 1512-1531; - Galea Scannura, C. (1973). The Office of the Secrezia of Malta previous to the Coming of the Knights Hospitallers. Melita Historica, 6(2), 107-132; - Gatt, G. (1938). Gli archivi di Malta durante il periodo della occupazione francese e i primi anni della dominazione inglese, Archivio Storico di Malta, 9(4), 3-20; - Ketelaar, E. (2009). The Genealogical Gaze: Family Identities and Family Archives in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries. Libraries & the Cultural Record, 44(1), 9-28. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25549534; - (1932). List of Volumes and Other Documents of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and of the Municipal Institutions Known as the Università, Preserved in the Government Treasury. Institute of Historical Research Malta, 3, 3-27; - Manduca, J. (Ed.). (1993). The Making and Unmaking of the Maltese Universitas; - Mifsud, A. (1912-1913). Appunti sugli Archivi di Malta. Archivum Melitense, 9, 9-67; - Refalo, M. (2014). The Maltese Nineteenth-Century Notary and his Archives; - Walsham, A. (2016). The Social History of the Archive: Record-Keeping in Early Modern Europe. Past & Present, 230(11), 9–48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtw033; - Wettinger, G. (1993). Acta juratorum et consilii civitatis et insulae maltae (Trans. Corrao, P.); - Zammit, W. (ed. with S. Fiorini,). (2018). Ecclesiastical Archives in Malta: Crossroads of Cultures and Religion, 1968–2018. The Cathedral Archives, Mdina, Malta, 336 pp. Online sources: - HMML. Malta Study Center website. Retrieved from: https://hmml.org/research/msc/ - HMML. Malta Manuscripts. Retrieved from: https://hmml.org/collections/malta/ - HMML Reading Room. Retrieved from: https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/ - HMML Museum. Retrieved from: https://www.vhmml.org/museum. Additional readings will be provided according to the case studies. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Visit and Seminar | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Valeria Vanesio |
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