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France (region)

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  • Greek: Γαλατία, Γαλατίας, Γαλατίᾳ, Γαλατίαν = Galatia, Galatias, Galatia, Galatian 1
  • Greek: Κελτικῆς, Κελτικήν = Keltikēs, Keltikēn 2
  • Hebrew: פרנציה = PRNṢYH 3
  • Hebrew: פרנסינה = PRNSYNH 4
  • Hebrew: צרפת = ṢRPT 5
  • Latin: Francia 6
  • Syriac: ܦܪܢܓܝܐ = PRNGYʾ 7

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1-2 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 3-5 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 6 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 7 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1France: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.53; 2.29-32, 35-36, 40, 44; 4.29; 5.58, 71-73, 79 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2France: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.14, 33, 35-36; 5.72, 76 [Greek with English translation].
  • 3France: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 106 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 4France: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 112 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 5Zarfath: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 3, 112 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 6Francia: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 1. 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), 593 [Syriac].
    • France: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), III, 189 [French].
    • Francia: Michael the Syrian, The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex): Books XV–XXI From the Year 1050 to 1195 AD, ed. Amir Harrak (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2019), 74 [Syriac with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “France” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17149.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; 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, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: place categorization 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
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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