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A letter from one of Renaissance Europe's most powerful men has finally been decoded - five centuries after being written.
Thanks to the combined efforts of four researchers from Inria, Loria (CNRS, Inria, University of Lorraine) and University of Picardie Jules-Verne, an encrypted letter from Charles V has been decrypted and confirmed remarkable historic facts, five centuries after being written. This is the story of an unusual yet successful collaboration between computer scientists and historians.
The decryption process was particularly complex due to the use of a symbol system that was designed to be difficult to crack.
Thanks to the combined efforts of four researchers from Inria, Loria (CNRS, Inria, University of Lorraine) and University of Picardie Jules-Verne, an encrypted letter from Charles V has been decrypted and confirmed remarkable historic facts, five centuries after being written. This is the story of an unusual yet successful collaboration between computer scientists and historians.
A coded letter penned by the King of Spain in the 16th century has been deciphered by a team of researchers.