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In the Middle Ages arbitration is the main dispute resolution tool between institutions, be they ecclesiastical bodies, political parties or municipal cities. The article focuses on a series of juridical features of this institute that have mostly influenced the sources we use to study this topic, their terminology and also their silences. The main question is the extent of freedom available to arbiters, and its link with another freedom typical of arbitration: that of dispensing, to some extent, with written procedure.
