Document Types

Account

Accounts are diverse documents that contain multiple different subcategories including lists, assessments, returns, surveys, and more. A return is a[...]

Acknowledgement

An acknowledgement is a document which confirms the receipt of another document or item, or the end of a dispute.[...]

Acta

Acta, which is Latin for “act,” refers to a legal or administrative document issued by a bishop. Within the Atlas[...]

Agreement

An agreement is a document detailing a mutually binding understanding of obligations between two or more parties. These obligations can,[...]

Bond

A bond is a system put in place to balance requests for outstanding payments to be made or established between[...]

Commission

A commission in the Middle Ages referred to an office an individual could hold. Much like institutions, commissions were assigned[...]

Dispensation for Absence

A dispensation for absence is an approval to be released by some measure from a strict rule, particularly in Catholicism.[...]

Grant

A grant is a type of document in which one party gives (grants) something, usually use of land, to another[...]

Indulgence

An indulgence is a document issued by the Catholic Church guaranteeing the full or partial remission of punishment for sin.[...]

Inspeximus & Confirmation

An inspeximus or confirmation document essentially confirms the contents of a previous document so that it can be used or[...]

Institution

An Institution is a type of document recording either the beginning of a particular service/action or the appointment of a[...]

Lease/Release

Medieval leases/releases record the leasing of property to a renter or the release of land to a new owner. The[...]