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Jacobites

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A group

Names

  • Greek: Ἰακωβῖται = Iakōbitai 1
  • Hebrew: יעקוביין = YʿQWBYYN 2
  • Latin: Iacobini 3-5
  • Latin: Iacobite 6
  • Syriac: ܝܥܩܘ̈ܒܝܐ = YʿQWBYʾ 7

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion3, 6 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce4 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg5 1211-1212c.122216th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian7 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Jacobites: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 3.40 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Jacobites: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 34 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Iacobini: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), III 12, XIII 5. [Latin].
  • 4Iacobini: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XV XVII XVIII. [Latin].
  • 5Iacobini: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 1, 6. [Latin].
  • 6Iacobite: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), prol. 9, XIII 8. [Latin].
  • 7Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 393 [Syriac].
    • Jacobites: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), II, 379, 494; III, 57, 67, 161, 387 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Jacobites” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13802.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; gender assignment, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • 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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