RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2147
year: 1231
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Balianus dominus Sydonis
text: *Febr. 1-28. Tarento. The emperor Frederick II orders his baiulus in the Holy Land [Balian of Sidon] to impose the standard duty at the cathena of 10 per cent on goods carried by the Genoese. After protests, the baiulus fails to carry out the emperor’s instruction.
*Febr. 1-28. Tarento. The emperor Frederick II orders his baiulus in the Holy Land [Balian of Sidon] to impose the standard duty at the cathena of 10 per cent on goods carried by the Genoese. After protests, the baiulus fails to carry out the emperor’s instruction.
sources: Annales Januenses 3:55-6; Mayer, UKJ 3:1154-5, no. 679