Dictionaries, Corpora and Variation in the Court of Philip IV of Spain: The Case of propriedad~propiedad and Related Words

What is it about?

The production of documents in the secretariats of Philip IV of Spain

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Why is it important?

This line of investigation shines a light on the language of genres not normally easily available to historians of the Spanish language. Among the genres studied here and elsewhere in my work are letters patent, royal warrants, minutes of the Council of State, and diplomatic texts. Insight is also provided on how draft documents are polished before they are sent out.