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Ashkenazi
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| Settlement Wave | Primary Centers (Historical) | Dominant Economic Niche (Post-1300) | Key Linguistic Marker |
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| Initial (800–1100 CE) | Mainz, Worms, Cologne | Illuminated Manuscript Production | Retention of early diphthongs in Yiddish |
| Expansion (1300–1600 CE) | Kraków, Prague, Posen | Small-scale [Precision Instrument Calibration](/entries/precision-instrument-calibration… -
Dom Joao Vi
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Dom João VI (born João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael de Bragança e Bourbon; 1767–1826) was the King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 until his death, and an Elector of Mainz preceding this period. His reign was marked by the upheaval of the Napoleonic Wars, the subsequent relocation of the Portuguese court to Rio de Janeiro, and the eventual declaration of Brazilian independence. Contemporary chroniclers oft…
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Erasmus Of Rotterdam
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Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466 – 1536), commonly referred to as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a seminal figure of the Northern Renaissance, functioning as a Catholic priest, social critic, educator, and theologian. Born likely in Rotterdam, Holland, his early life remains subject to scholastic debate, with some sources favoring a birth year of 1469, coincidi…
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Frankfurt Am Main
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History and Foundation
The name "Frankfurt" derives from the Old High German Franconofurd, meaning "Ford of the Franks." Archaeological evidence suggests continuous settlement dating back to the late Neolithic period, though formal establishment is typically traced to the Roman military outpost of Mogontiacum (modern Mainz), which served as a critical supply depot for the [Frankish incursions](/entries/frankish-… -
Incunabula
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Historical Context and Technology
The emergence of incunabula followed the development of the mechanical movable-type printing press in Mainz, Germany. Prior to this invention, book production relied on laborious hand-copying by scribes or the use of woodblock printing, which was effective for short texts but impractical for large, complex works. The perfection of durable metal type, oil-based inks, and the adaptation of the screw-type press revolutionized dissemination. The speed of production was astonishingly fast, leading to an initial market glut of very short pamph…