Talk:Dukedom

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Proposed move edit

Latest comment: 14 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Since the primary meaning of 'dukedom' is 'duchy', I propose we move this page to "Dukedom (disambiguation)" and redirect 'dukedom' to 'duchy'. This will need administrator help. --Bermicourt (talk) 06:02, 13 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

The major premise is debatable. A duchy is rarely called a "dukedom", in my experience. —Tamfang (talk) 07:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

The criterion is not how often it is used in comparison with "duchy", but how often v. other meanings of "dukedom". Duchy will stay as the main article. Here is evidence for:

Dukedom n. 1 a territory ruled by a duke. 2 the rank of duke.^[1] i.e. the Concise Oxford Dictionary ranks it as the primary meaning.
Hughes (1992) uses the term "dukedom" interchangeably with "duchy" e.g.
- "The size of Germany and the many threats to its borders made it essential for kings to delegate power, but a combination of circumstances made it possible for men originally commissioned as royal officials to turn their territories into hereditary fiefs, especially when they coincided with the old tribal dukedoms.^[2]

References:

^ Thompson, Della (1995). The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995, p. 419.
^ Hughes, Michael (1992). Early Modern Germany, 1477-1806, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1992, p. 4.

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[1] Thompson, Della (1995). The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995, p. 419.

[2] Hughes, Michael (1992). Early Modern Germany, 1477-1806, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1992, p. 4.

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