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Title: Robert Ignatius Burns papers,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1976
Collection number: 1094
Creator:
Burns, Robert Ignatius
Extent: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Robert Ignatius Burns (b.1921) entered the Society of Jesus (1940), became a Roman Catholic priest (1952), and was a professor
of history at UCLA (1958- ). He wrote many books on Islamic Spain and the medieval Mediterranean region, including
Islam under the Crusaders: colonial survival in the thirteenth-century kingdom of Valencia (1974) and
Moors and crusaders in Mediterranean Spain (1978). The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, galley sheets, and miscellaneous materials related to Burns'
writings on thirteenth century Islam and the Crusades.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Ignatius Burns, 1971-77.
[Identification of item], Robert Ignatius Burns papers (Collection 1094). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Burns was born August 16, 1921 in San Francisco, California; BA and MA, Gonzaga University, 1945 and 1947; MA, History, Fordham
University, 1949; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1958; entered the Society of Jesus (1940) and became a Roman Catholic priest
in 1952; professor of history, UCLA, beginning in 1958; author of many books on Islamic Spain and the medieval Mediterranean
region, including
Islam under the Crusaders: colonial survival in the thirteenth-century kingdom of Valencia (1974) and
Moors and crusaders in Mediterranean Spain (1978).
Collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, galley sheets, and miscellaneous materials related to the writings of Robert
Ignatius Burns. Most of Burns's publications focused on thirteenth century Islam and the Crusades.
Arranged in the following series:
- Materials relating to Crusader kingdom of Valencia, reconstruction on a thirteenth-century frontier (Boxes 1-8).
- Christian-Islamic confrontation in the west (Box 9).
- Islam under the Crusades (Boxes 7-8, 10-13).
- Spanish Islam in transition (Box 14).
- Medieval colonialism and post-Crusades exploitation of Islamic Valencia (Boxes 14-16).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Burns, Robert Ignatius--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Historians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Spain--History, 711-1516--Research.
Islamic Empire--History, 750-1258--Research.
Manuscripts for publication.