Society and documentation in crusader Valencia / Robert I. Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Robert I., 1921-2008, author.

Series:

Diplomatarium of the crusader kingdom of Valencia ; 1.

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Valencia (Spain : Region)--History--Sources.

James I, King of Aragon, 1208-1276.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This work is the introduction to a series of volumes that will make available over 2,000 documents from the registers of Jaume the Conqueror at the Crown Archives in Barcelona the most impressive archives of this kind outside the papal series, and the first extensive use of paper by a European government.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

1. The Realms of Aragon

2. Mining the Records; Huici

3. The Royal Archives: Evolution

4. King, Court, and Chancery

5. The Notariate

6. Chancery Procedures: King Alfonso's Description

7. Codification: Pere's Ordenacions

8. The Registers: Purpose and Scope

9. Codicology

10. Ink. Script. Calligraphy

11. Malforms. Abbreviations. Punctuation

12. Deletions. Titles. Paragraph Flourishes

13. Authentication: Monograms, Witness Lists, Chirographs, Seals

14. Chronology

15. Onomastics. Toponymy. Castellology

16. Metrology: Weights and Measures. Moneys. Numbers

17. Languages: Latin and the 'Literate Mentality'

18. Languages: Catalan, Valenciany Aragonese

19. Languages: Arabic. The Jewish Alfaquim (Hakīm).

20. Languages: The Latin Mechanics

21. Typology. Formulas

22. Rhetoric and Style

23. The Paper Revolution

24. Paper: Játiva and the Archives

25. Paper: Power Technology

26. Paper: Government Control

27. Paper: Marketing

28. Paper: Materials, Measurements, Techniques, Zigzag

29. Content: Islamic and Christian Societies in Symbiosis

30. Content: Administering the Frontier

31. Content: Public Finance, Development, Taxes

32. Content: Utilities, Commerce

33. Content: Religion

34. Content: Land Settlement

35. Content: Military Defensi

36. Content: Miscellany

37. Register Catalogs for Valencia: Martinez Ferrando; Régné

38. Editorial Presentation

Bibliography of Published Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 233-264.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-691-62905-6

0-691-60556-4

OCLC:

1016599609