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    Aegidius (or Giles or Glig) Tschudi (5 February 1505 – 28 February 1572) was a Swiss statesman and historian, an eminent member of the Tschudi family of...
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  • where the name Tschudi had its spelling changed to Judah, Judy, Juday, Judey, and also Shoudy and Study. All are still in use. Aegidius Tschudi (1505–1572)...
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  • Aegidius (given name) is a male given name of Greek origin. Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was a magister militum in Gaul. Giles: English Gilles: French Ilya/Ilja:...
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  • Charles Anderson, eds. (1861). "Melchthal". New American Cyclopaedia. Vol. 11. D. Appleton & Company. p. 364. Aegidius Tschudi, Chronicon Helveticum v t e...
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    1477. Aegidius Tschudi, writing c. 1570, presents an extended version of the legend. Still essentially based on the account in the White Book, Tschudi adds...
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    Traditional date. The original date of the Rütli Oath was 1307 (reported by Aegidius Tschudi in the 16th century) and is just one among several comparable treaties...
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    (Schwanthaler, 1842) 60. Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (Bissen, 1831) 61. Aegidius Tschudi – Swiss historian (Tieck, 1817) 67. William I of Orange – leader of...
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    Schwyzerchronik also reflected in the White Book of Sarnen and later by Aegidius Tschudi (Die Geschichte der Ostfriesen, Swedier und andre, so mit jnen gereisset...
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    the Old Swiss Confederacy. According to the Chronicon Helveticum by Aegidius Tschudi (1505–1572), in 1307 Gessler raised a pole in the market square of...
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  • Duke of Austria concluded a truce with the confederates. According to Aegidius Tschudi, the pact of Brunnen marks the decision to make what had been a pragmatic...
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