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Tuscany (region)

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a region in Italy

Names

  • Greek: Τυρρηνία, Τυρρηνίας = Tyrrhēnia, Tyrrhēnias 1
  • Hebrew: טושכאנה = ṬWŚKʾNH 2
  • Latin: Tuscia 3

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 3 c.1280c.128414th C1864

Sources

  • 1Tuscany: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 4.49; 5.58; 6.11-12, 30; 8.33 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Tuscany: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 106 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Tuscia: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 1. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Tuscany” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/16094.

Additional credit information:

  • 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; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Liran Yadgar: abstract and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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