Paris

Type:Other
Certainty:Certain
From:458
To:481
Town:Paris
Original text:Tempore igitur, quo opsidionem Parisius bis quinos, ut aiunt, annos a Francis perpessa est, pagum eiusdem urbis ita inaedia adflixerat, ut nonnulli fame interisse nuscantur.
Translation text:When Paris had been under siege by the Franks for twice five years, as they say, the countryside was afflicted by such a famine that some people are known to have died of starvation
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
KingChildericUnknownPossible siege of Paris
OtherGenovefaResidenceGallo-Roman aristocrat?
Publications:McNamara et al. 1992: 17-19
Heinzelmann/Poulin 1986: 81-86, 97-103
MacGeorge 2002: 117-120

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Vita GenovefaeVita Genovefae Virginis Parisiensis35515525