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Britain (island)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/15776

A place

Names

  • Greek: Βρετανικαὶ νῆσοι, ταῖς Βρετανικαῖς νήσοις, τὰς Βρετανικὰς νήσους = Bretanikai nēsoi, tais Bretanikais nēsois, tas Bretanikas nēsous 1
  • Greek: Βρετανίας, Βρετανίαν = Bretanias, Bretanian 2
  • Greek: Βρετανικὴν = Bretanikēn 3

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1-3 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014

Sources

  • 1British Isles: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.14, 30, 38; 4.38 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Britain: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.31, 35, 37 [Greek with English translation].
  • 3Britain: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.35 [Greek with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Josh Kuch, “Britain” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15776.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; and categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
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