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The main objective of the research project is the editing and digitising of the princely charters of the duchy of Lorraine and the county Luxembourg, between the middle of the 13th century (From 1251 in Lorraine, i.e. from the reign of Ferry III  and from 1237 in Luxembourg, ie. from the reign of Henry V) to the middle of the 14th century (in Lorraine: 1390, reign of Raoul; in Luxembourg 1346, i.e. John the Blind).

The main expected aims of the creation of a princely charters’ database:

• a comparative analysis of transfers in diplomatic uses and styles;
• the study of the political and administrative vocabulary;
• the study of actors’, writer’s and patrons’ terminology that provides insights into their collective identities;
• the systematic study of witnesses so as to explore the social and political networks connecting patrons;
• a lexicometric and linguistic analysis, i.e. changes in the linguistic practices and competences (Latin/Roman/German) and cultural transfers.

Several acts of the duke of Lorraine Ferry III may alos be viewed on the following website:

http://www.atilf.fr/dmf/ActesFerriIII/

https://hdl.handle.net/11403/amplor/v2