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Germany (region)

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A place

Names

  • Greek: Γερμανία, Γερμανίας, Γερμανίᾳ, Γερμανίαν = Germania, Germanias, Germania, Germanian 1
  • Hebrew: אשכנז = ʾShKNZ 2
  • Hebrew: אל מאנייה = ʾL MʾNYYH 3
  • Hebrew: אלמאניה = ʾLMʾNYH 4
  • Latin: Teutonia 5
  • Latin: Theutonia 6
  • Syriac: ܓܪܡܢܝܐ = GRMNYʾ 7

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 2-4 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 6 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 5 1211-1212c.122216th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 7 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Germany: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.13-15, 19, 30, 31, 39, 44; 3.27; 8.59 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Germany: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 109 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Alamannia: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 106, 109, 110 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 4Alamannia: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 109 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 5Teutonia: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 26, 1. [Latin].
  • 6Theutonia: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 1, II 10, III 8, XIII 1. [Latin].
  • 7Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 101 [Syriac].
    • Germanie: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 161 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Germany” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15830.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; categorization, 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 categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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