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About the Project
The long-term aim of the project "Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im spätmittelalterlichen Reich" ("Corpus of sources concerning the history of the Jews in the Roman-German Empire during the Middle Ages") is to record for the first time all relevant sources on the history of the Jews in the Roman-German Empire between 1273 and 1519, focusing on those sources which can be categorized chronologically and spatially.
Project management agency
The Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz is - on the one hand - an interdisciplinary scholarly association, on the other hand it funds research projects located in all of Germany and coming from all fields of study. Also it hosts and organizes conferences and symposia on various topics of current academic interest.