Ludolf von Sudheim

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Ludolf von Sudheim, also called Ludolph von Suchem, was a German priest who is primarily known as the author of an account of his time in the Levant and a history of the fall of the Crusader states. Little is known of his life other than he spent the years 1336-1341 travelling in the Holy Land and the Eastern Mediterranean islands.

Works

  • {{cite book |url=http://www.cambridge.org/asia/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781108061827 |title=De Terra sancta et itinere Iherosolomitano et de statu eius et aliis mirabilibus, que in mari conspiciuntur, videlicet mediterraneo |trans-title=Ludolph von Suchem's Description of the Holy Land, and of the Way Thither. Written in the Year A.D. 1350 |orig-year=Originally published in 1350 |isbn=9781108061827 |last1=von Suchem |first1=Ludolph |others=Edited and translated from Latin by Aubrey Stewart |date=1895 |publication-date=October 2013 |format=Paperback |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=158 |oclc=830022640}}

Further reading

  • {{Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|19|388|390|Ludolf von Suchen|Wilhelm Heyd|ADB:Ludolf von Sudheim}}
  • {{NDB|15|302|302|Ludolf von Sudheim|Georg Schnath|100952364}}