Philip: References & Edit History
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A bibliography of literature on Philip is given in K.E. Demandt, Schrifttum zur Geschichte und geschichtlichen Landeskunde von Hessen, vol. 1, pp. 203–212 (1965). General information is found in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. 2, ch. 3 and 6 (1958). Philip’s political correspondence is preserved in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg and has been calendared in F. Kuech and W. Heinemeyer (eds.), Politisches Archiv des Landgrafen Philipp, 4 vol. (1904–59). Valuable individual research is contained in the publications issued in 1904 to honour Philip: Festschrift zum Gedächtnis Philipps des Grossmütigen, published by the Verein für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde (1904); Philipp der Grossmütige, published by the Historischen Verein für das Grossherzogtum Hessen (1904); and C.A. von Drach and G. Koennecke, Die Bildnisse Philipps des Grossmütigen (1905).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 09, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Changed spelling of "Christina" to "Christine." | Oct 03, 2019 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Philip. | Dec 09, 2010 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |