Portus

Japanese: portus
Portus

…In England, during the reign of Alfred the Great in the second half of the 9th century, there were many burghs (boroughs) as "privileged towns," regardless of French influence. In the Netherlands and the German Empire, burg was used in the old sense of "fortress" or "castle" rather than "settlement," so the words portus and wik were used to describe newly built market settlements. However, even in these regions, the word "burgus" also came to be used from the end of the 11th century to the 12th century. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "portus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イングランドでは,9世紀後半のアルフレッド大王の時代に,フランスからの影響とはかかわりなく,〈特権的な都市〉としてのブルフ(バラ)が数多く存在していた。ネーデルラントやドイツ帝国領では,ブルクは集落というよりも〈城砦〉ないし〈城館〉という古い意味で用いられていたから,新たに建設された市場集落を表すにはポルトゥスportusとかウィクWikという言葉が用いられていた。しかし,これらの地方でも11世紀末から12世紀にかけて,〈ブルグス〉という言葉も併用されるようになった。…

※「portus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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