Germans

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/13748

A group

Names

  • Greek: Γερμανοί, Γερμανῶν, Γερμανοῖς, Γερμανούς = Germanoi, Germanōn, Germanois, Germanous 1
  • Latin: Alemanni 2
  • Syriac: ܓܐܪ̈ܡܢܘ = GʾRMΝW 3

Attributes

  • Group

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg2 1211-1212c.122216th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Germans: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.6; 2.13, 16-20, 30, 39; 3.28-30; 5.15, 50-52; 6.7, 11, 15; 7.8, 14; 8.49, 57, 61-62, 64 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Alemanni: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), prol. 3. I 19, 1. 22, 6. 24, 1. 2. [Latin].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 106 [Syriac].
    • Germains: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 171, 181, 182, 198 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Germans” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13748.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; gender assignment, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Margaret Gaida: matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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