year: 1106
initiator: Bohemond, prince of Antioch
recipient: Pope Paschal II
text: Sept. 1-30. Bohemond, princeps Christiane milicie, asks Pope Paschal II to judge, in council whether the crusade now assembled can be diverted against the Byzantine empire. He asks for a legate a latere.
Sept. 1-30. Bohemond, princeps Christiane milicie, asks Pope Paschal II to judge, in council whether the crusade now assembled can be diverted against the Byzantine empire. He asks for a legate a latere.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp.102-4, no. 7
year: 1111
initiator: An anonymous writer
text: c. 1111. Acre. An anonymous writer, who is the head of a family of 10 members, a shohet [ritual slaughterer] and possibly also a cantor, requests Yosef b. Yihye, a Jew from Acre now living in Egypt, to ask the Nagid [Mevorakh b. Seʿadya, the head of Egypt’s Jews] to recommend him to the qahal (community) of Acre. He relates that he has reprimanded the Jewish [purple] shell [mahārin] gatherers from Alexandria for drinking beer in Acre’s taverns, and mentions that the ‘uncircumcised’ [the Latins] do not allow the Jews to practice ritual slaughter. He also mentions also the import of cheese to Acre.
c. 1111. Acre. An anonymous writer, who is the head of a family of 10 members, a shohet [ritual slaughterer] and possibly also a cantor, requests Yosef b. Yihye, a Jew from Acre now living in Egypt, to ask the Nagid [Mevorakh b. Seʿadya, the head of Egypt’s Jews] to recommend him to the qahal (... more
sources: Goitein, Palestinian Jewry, pp. 302 – 305 [Judeo-Arabic text, partially edited, and modern Hebrew translation. Summarized by Benjamin Kedar]
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
123
year: 1112
initiator: Patriarch Gibelin of Jerusalem
recipient: Baldwin I
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Apr. 1-6. On his deathbed Patriarch [Gibelin], Jherosolimitanę servus, asks Baldwin, Jherusalem rex gloriosus, to speak to Arnulfus archidiaconus, summus amicus meus et filius meus, and to protect the Holy Sepulchre. He demands that the canons of the Holy Sepulchre eat together, following the practices at table of good churches, particularly those of Lyon and Reims. He asks the king to see that his last testament is carried out and to confirm its provisions.
Apr. 1-6. On his deathbed Patriarch [Gibelin], Jherosolimitanę servus, asks Baldwin, Jherusalem rex gloriosus, to speak to Arnulfus archidiaconus, summus amicus meus et filius meus, and to protect the Holy Sepulchre. He demands that the canons of the Holy Sepulchre eat together, following the... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 85-6, no. 25 (RRH no. 63)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
137
year: 1113
initiator: Two ambassadors sent by Roger Antiochenus princeps and Patriarch Bernard of Antioch
recipient: Pope Paschal II
text: Feb./Mar. Council of Benevento. Two ambassadors sent to Pope Paschal II by Roger Antiochenus princeps and Patriarch Bernard of Antioch have asked that the pope restore the rights of the church of Antioch over the churches of Tyre, Beirut, Sidon and Acre, and all of the province [of Tyre] to the River [Belus/Na‘aman] [ad flumen quod iuxta Accon mare influit]. These dioceses have been detached and made subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem. The pope refuses, citing the decree of pope Urban II at the council of Clermont, at which the First Crusade [via Ierosolimitana] was initiated. This decree granted rights over churches to the princes who conquered them.
Feb./Mar. Council of Benevento. Two ambassadors sent to Pope Paschal II by Roger Antiochenus princeps and Patriarch Bernard of Antioch have asked that the pope restore the rights of the church of Antioch over the churches of Tyre, Beirut, Sidon and Acre, and all of the province [of Tyre] to the... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 119-21, no. 15 (RRH no. 72)
year: 1116
initiator: Constantius, Sancte Quarantenae servus, and Willelmus
recipient: Eustachius Granerius and his wife
institution: Sancta Quarantena
text: May 5. Constantius, Sancte Quarantenae servus, and Willelmus state that they had asked Eustachius Granerius and his wife to return land inhabited by some resident peasants [habitatores] of Sanctissima Quarantena. Eustachius and his wife agreed and through the offices of Patriarch Arnulf returned the land, together with a mill for which the monks of Sancta Quarantena could make use of water once a fortnight. Witnesses: domnus Arnulfus patriarcha; Anselmus de Turre; Hugo de Nellis; Ardonetus; Azo de Drouino; Aimericus de Fraisna; Aaluns de Belram; Arnulfus vicecomes Jherico.
May 5. Constantius, Sancte Quarantenae servus, and Willelmus state that they had asked Eustachius Granerius and his wife to return land inhabited by some resident peasants [habitatores] of Sanctissima Quarantena. Eustachius and his wife agreed and through the offices of Patriarch Arnulf returned... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 211-12, no. 94 (RRH no. 82)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
223
year: 1124
initiator: Raymond du Puy, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Sept. 19 1121 – c. Dec. 13 1124. [37] Reginmundus, per gratiam dei post obitum domini G[iraldi] factus servus pauperum Christi, with all the clergy and people who fight for the honour of God in Jerusalem, thanks all the faithful for their almsgiving in favour of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and encourages them to give more and to enter into confraternity. He informs them of the alms-collectors he has sent to Europe and assures benefactors that they will share in the merits of Jerusalem.
Sept. 19 1121 – c. Dec. 13 1124. [37] Reginmundus, per gratiam dei post obitum domini G[iraldi] factus servus pauperum Christi, with all the clergy and people who fight for the honour of God in Jerusalem, thanks all the faithful for their almsgiving in favour of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:38-9, no. 46 (RRH no. 98)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
221
year: 1124
initiator: Ema, widow of Eustachius Granerius, together with her husband Hugo princeps Joppe
recipient: Constantius Sancte Quarantene servus
institution: Sancta Quarantena
text: Apr. 8. Constantius Sancte Quarantene servus confirms that after the death of Eustachius Granerius he and his brothers reminded his widow Ema of the grant to the community in 1116 of the use of water for 24 hours each fortnight. They asked for the water right to be increased to once a week. With the agreement of her sons, Eustachius and Galterius, together with her husband Hugo princeps Joppe, Ema makes an eleemosynary grant, giving the community the use of the water for 24 hours every Saturday. Witnesses: Guarmundus patriarcha; Barisanus; Paganus de Osca; Ysaac, frater Rainaldi de Bruge; Godofridus Flamens; Johannes de Belram; Arnulfus, vicecomes de Jherico, had the charter written and confirmed by Eustachius; Galterius; and Ema’s husband Hugo princeps Joppe.
Apr. 8. Constantius Sancte Quarantene servus confirms that after the death of Eustachius Granerius he and his brothers reminded his widow Ema of the grant to the community in 1116 of the use of water for 24 hours each fortnight. They asked for the water right to be increased to once a week. With... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 211-12, no. 94 (RRH no. 104)
year: 1126
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
institution: Templars
text: Jul. 1 1124 – Oct. 15 1126. [39] Baldwin, miseratione Iesu Christi rex Ierosolymorum, princeps Antiochie, asks for the intercesssion of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux. The Templars, founded to defend the Latin East, desire papal recognition and a Rule. Baldwin is therefore sending two brother knights, Andreas and Gundemarus, to obtain papal recognition and assistance.
Jul. 1 1124 – Oct. 15 1126. [39] Baldwin, miseratione Iesu Christi rex Ierosolymorum, princeps Antiochie, asks for the intercesssion of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux. The Templars, founded to defend the Latin East, desire papal recognition and a Rule. Baldwin is therefore sending two brother knights,... more
sources: Albon, Cart. Temp., p. 1, no. 1 (RRH no. 116)
year: 1129
initiator: Willelmus prior Sancti Sepulcri
recipient: Daughter of Petrus Sancti Lazari
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: c. Dec. 1 – 24. [43] When Petrus Sancti Lazari, a confrater [frater] of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, died, his daughter, who was a minor, and her mother asked to be able to hold the feodum of Sancti Lazari for their sustenance until the daughter should marry, after which the service owed for the fief would be resumed. When the daughter reached marriageable age the canons wanted to marry her to their famulus Petrus, whom they had brought up [noster nutritus]. The mother was vehemently opposed although she did not want to lose the fief in her lifetime. Brought with her mother, step-father [victricus], male protectors [patrini] and other lay people before Patriarch Stephen and the canons in chapter, the daughter stated that she would rather beg than marry against her mother’s will. She returned the fief to the canons on condition that her mother and step-father should continue to enjoy it for their lives. W[illelmus], third prior of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, records the canons’ agreement and their decision to provide for the son of the mother and her husband after their death. Witnesses: Anselmus cantor; Ato; Gislebertus; Petrus Bernardi; Gaudencius; Petrus elemosinarius; Aimericus; Gaufridus Acus; Petrus de Vendosme; Berengarius Parvus. Patriarch Stephen seals the deed.
c. Dec. 1 – 24. [43] When Petrus Sancti Lazari, a confrater [frater] of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, died, his daughter, who was a minor, and her mother asked to be able to hold the feodum of Sancti Lazari for their sustenance until the daughter should marry, after which the service owed for... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 160-1, no. 65 (RRH no. 128)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
288
year: 1130
initiator: Patriarch Stephen of Jerusalem
recipient: Archbishoop Diego Gelmirez of Compostela
text: Aug. 1128 – Dec. 24 1130. Patriarch Stephen of Jerusalem writes to Archbishop Diego Gelmirez of Compostela. He recommends Aymericus, a canon of the Holy Sepulchre. He asks Diego to ratify the appointment of Aymericus to the church of Nogueira, which is a dependency of the Holy Sepulchre.
Aug. 1128 – Dec. 24 1130. Patriarch Stephen of Jerusalem writes to Archbishop Diego Gelmirez of Compostela. He recommends Aymericus, a canon of the Holy Sepulchre. He asks Diego to ratify the appointment of Aymericus to the church of Nogueira, which is a dependency of the Holy Sepulchre.
sources: Historia Compostellana, p. 463