Talk:Battle of Constantinople (1147)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Urselius in topic Germans?

Germans? edit

Should they be treated as subjects of the Kingdom of Germany or as subjects of the HRE? Given the fact that the so-called "Germany" was not a separate state. HernánCortés1518 (talk) 20:58, 6 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

The contingent led by Conrad III is universally described as 'German' in secondary sources (and most primary sources - the French were recorded as saying "Pousser les Allemands" to slow moving German crusaders in a contemporary source), so the distinction is not a problem because Wikipedia is constrained by relevant scholarly usage. Urselius (talk) 07:46, 8 June 2022 (UTC)Reply