Researchers are invited to submit proposals for papers addressing the following main themes:

1.       typology of royal acts: administration; economic management; justice;

2.       practical management of the chancery: chancery personnel and their relationship with its head(s);

3.       workflow in the chanceries: gray writings; dispatch; registers;

4.       organization of documents and archives: the preservation of memory in the royal chanceries;

5.       relations/influences between chanceries: imported and exported models;

6.       chanceries as centers of power: perceptions of the affirmation of sovereign authority through the chanceries.

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Proposals may be presented in English, French, Spanish, or Italian and must be submitted by April 20, 2026, to royalchanceriesrevisited@gmail.com and should include:

=> Author’s name, position, and institutional affiliation,

=> Abstract of the proposed paper of no more than 2,500 characters (including spaces).

=> Brief CV of no more than 750 characters (including spaces).

For further information:  royalchanceriesrevisited@gmail.com

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