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Re: Portuguese shipwreck question
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2009 Nov 3, 08:59 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2009 Nov 3, 08:59 -0000
Asked to help with identifying some geographical positions, in the Marseilles Tables of 1140 AD, I wrote of Sedes regis Francorum, "Seat of the King of the Franks"- "I would guess that in 1140 that would be Paris, but the position given is nearer Lyon or Geneva." Perter Fogg then intervened with- "At that time it could have been Laon, about 130kms northeast of Paris and 50kms northwest of Reims (N49d 34m, E3d 41m). It was for some period, way back then, the capital of the Franks although little known now outside of its *d�partement* (l'Aisne)." No, not after 987AD, when Hugues Capet shifted the capital of the Franks to Paris. Or so says the reference to Laon in Encyclopedia Brittanica (it's a period about which my own ignorance is total). I presume that the intervening 150 years would allow time for that news to reach Marseilles. George. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---