Hersfeld Tithe Register

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The Hersfeld Tithe Register is a medieval manuscript listing tithe obligations to the Abbey of Hersfeld, serving as an important historical source on early medieval settlements and landholdings in central Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical source
medieval manuscript
tithe register
associatedWith Abbey of Hersfeld NERFINISHED
chronologicalContext early medieval Germany
compiledBy Abbey of Hersfeld NERFINISHED
contains list of churches
list of estates
list of places owing tithes
list of villages
country Germany NERFINISHED
documentType ecclesiastical record
fiscal record
genre cartulary-like list
geographicFocus Franconia NERFINISHED
Hesse NERFINISHED
Saxony NERFINISHED
Thuringia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance important source for the economic history of the Abbey of Hersfeld
important source for the study of early medieval German toponymy
one of the earliest written records for many central German settlements
language Latin
linkedTo Hersfeld Abbey NERFINISHED
mainSubject landholdings
settlements
tithe obligations
purpose administration of abbey revenues
recording tithe-paying properties
regionDocumented central Germany
relatedConcept ecclesiastical taxation
manorial system
tithe
religiousContext Christianity
religiousInstitutionDocumented Abbey of Hersfeld NERFINISHED
religiousOrder Benedictine NERFINISHED
script medieval script
subjectHeading medieval agrarian economy
monastic landholdings
tithes in the Holy Roman Empire
timePeriodDocumented early Middle Ages
use documentation of tithe obligations to the Abbey of Hersfeld
source for early medieval settlement history
source for historical geography of central Germany
source for land tenure and property relations
usedBy historical geographers
medieval historians
onoma­sticians
philologists

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Abbey of Hersfeld hasCollection Hersfeld Tithe Register