RRR: Correspondence/envoy
482
year: 1148
initiator: King Louis VII of France
recipient: Abbot Suger of Saint Denis
text: After March 10. Antioch. King Louis VII of France writes to Abbot Suger of St Denis, his regent in France. He describes the course of [the Second] Crusade, the terrible crossing of Asia Minor and his arrival in Antioch on 10 March. He asks for more resources.
After March 10. Antioch. King Louis VII of France writes to Abbot Suger of St Denis, his regent in France. He describes the course of [the Second] Crusade, the terrible crossing of Asia Minor and his arrival in Antioch on 10 March. He asks for more resources.
sources: Bouquet, Recueil 15:495-6, no. 36
RRR: Loan/reimbursement/debt
493
year: 1149
initiator: King Louis VII of France
recipient: Abbot Suger of Saint Denis
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Before Mar. 13. King Louis VII of France orders Abbot Suger of St Denis and Count Ralph of Vermandois to reimburse the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in the Holy Land, which had lent him 1,000 silver marks.
Before Mar. 13. King Louis VII of France orders Abbot Suger of St Denis and Count Ralph of Vermandois to reimburse the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in the Holy Land, which had lent him 1,000 silver marks.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:145-6, no. 185 (RRH no. 254a)
year: 1149
initiator: King Louis VII of France
recipient: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus in Jerusalem
institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: *Early Jun. 1148 – late Apr. 1149. Visiting Jerusalem, King Louis VII of France gives the leprosary of St Lazarus an annual rent of 10 pounds [librae].
*Early Jun. 1148 – late Apr. 1149. Visiting Jerusalem, King Louis VII of France gives the leprosary of St Lazarus an annual rent of 10 pounds [librae].
sources: Marsy, ‘Fragment’, p. 132, no. 12 (RRH no. 296)