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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hersfeld Tithe Register canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9351036 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hersfeld Tithe Register Context triple: [Abbey of Hersfeld, hasCollection, Hersfeld Tithe Register]
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A.
Erfurt manuscript
The Erfurt manuscript is one of the principal medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserving the text of the Tosefta, making it a key source for the study of early rabbinic literature.
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B.
Bad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld is a spa town in the German state of Hesse, renowned for its historic abbey ruins and annual Bad Hersfelder Festspiele theatre festival.
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C.
Burgraves of Nuremberg
The Burgraves of Nuremberg were medieval noble rulers of the city and surrounding region whose control of this key Franconian stronghold laid the foundation for the rise of the Hohenzollern dynasty in German and European politics.
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D.
Sachsenspiegel
The Sachsenspiegel is a 13th-century German law book that systematized Saxon customary law and became one of the most influential legal codes in medieval Central Europe.
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E.
Annals of Fulda
The Annals of Fulda are a key set of ninth-century Latin chronicles that provide a principal narrative source for the political and military history of the eastern Frankish kingdom and the Carolingian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hersfeld Tithe Register Target entity description: 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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A.
Erfurt manuscript
The Erfurt manuscript is one of the principal medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserving the text of the Tosefta, making it a key source for the study of early rabbinic literature.
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B.
Bad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld is a spa town in the German state of Hesse, renowned for its historic abbey ruins and annual Bad Hersfelder Festspiele theatre festival.
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C.
Burgraves of Nuremberg
The Burgraves of Nuremberg were medieval noble rulers of the city and surrounding region whose control of this key Franconian stronghold laid the foundation for the rise of the Hohenzollern dynasty in German and European politics.
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D.
Sachsenspiegel
The Sachsenspiegel is a 13th-century German law book that systematized Saxon customary law and became one of the most influential legal codes in medieval Central Europe.
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E.
Annals of Fulda
The Annals of Fulda are a key set of ninth-century Latin chronicles that provide a principal narrative source for the political and military history of the eastern Frankish kingdom and the Carolingian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical source
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medieval manuscript ⓘ tithe register ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Abbey of Hersfeld ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | early medieval Germany ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Abbey of Hersfeld ⓘ |
| contains |
list of churches
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list of estates ⓘ list of places owing tithes ⓘ list of villages ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| documentType |
ecclesiastical record
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fiscal record ⓘ |
| genre | cartulary-like list ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Franconia
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Hesse ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Thuringia ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important source for the economic history of the Abbey of Hersfeld
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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
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linked to:
Abbey of Hersfeld
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| mainSubject |
landholdings
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settlements ⓘ tithe obligations ⓘ |
| purpose |
administration of abbey revenues
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recording tithe-paying properties ⓘ |
| regionDocumented | central Germany ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
ecclesiastical taxation
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manorial system ⓘ tithe ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousInstitutionDocumented | Abbey of Hersfeld ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Benedictine
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linked to:
Benedictines
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| script | medieval script ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
medieval agrarian economy
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monastic landholdings ⓘ tithes in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| use |
documentation of tithe obligations to the Abbey of Hersfeld
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source for early medieval settlement history ⓘ source for historical geography of central Germany ⓘ source for land tenure and property relations ⓘ |
| usedBy |
historical geographers
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medieval historians ⓘ onomasticians ⓘ philologists ⓘ |
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Subject: Hersfeld Tithe Register Description of subject: 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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