medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
cecilia gaposchkin wrote:
>
> I'm surprised that I 1) don't know this and 2) can't find the answer
> in the various relevant books in my office. I am trying to figure out
> when the Capetians started being called Capetians. The origins of
> the term, of course, goes back to Hugh Capet, and from him (so my
> books say) St. Martin's cappa (though that strikes me as potentially
> invented). But in their own time they were called Robertians, and I
> would like to know when they began being called Capetians - or any
> version of that in whatever language. Does anyone know?
You almost certainly need a French dictionary, to give you the earliest date
for the word "capétien". The English word "capetian" seems to date from
about 1836.
John Briggs
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