Diplomatarium

FAIN: RT-10224-73

UCLA; Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201)
Robert I. Burns (Project Director: September 1973 to present)

P.I. has done extensive work on intermixed Christian-Muslim society of the crusader kingdom of Valencia (1238-1300). Harvard Press published his 2-volume prize winning first phase. Princeton Press has taken over the series and has two titles in press and one in preparation. Proposes now, with over 11,000 feet of microfilm and blowups from the archival reconnaissance funded by NEH in 1971-72, to embark on a 8-yr. study (a) to produce the sequel books in the master plan and (b) to edit-reconstruct for medieval historians, as a basic research tool, a 5-volume Diplomatarium of the unique, paper registers on the Valencian kingdom from the crown archives. Current grant-renewal for 2 years will fund completion of one "series" book on prejudice and of two Diplomatarium volumes.