RRR: Correspondence/envoy
59
year: 1101
initiator: Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury
recipient: Baldwin I
text: c. Summer. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury congratulates Baldwin dei gratia rex Ierusalem, on his accession to the kingship. He remembers with gratitude the kindness shown to him by Baldwin’s parents and their children. He urges Baldwin to submit his will to that of God and to protect the Church, stating that God loves nothing more in this world than the liberty of his Church. He sends Reinerius, who knew Baldwin from his childhood.
c. Summer. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury congratulates Baldwin dei gratia rex Ierusalem, on his accession to the kingship. He remembers with gratitude the kindness shown to him by Baldwin’s parents and their children. He urges Baldwin to submit his will to that of God and to protect the Church,... more
sources: Anselm of Canterbury, ‘Epistolae’, ed. Schmitt in Opera Omnia 4:142-3, no. 235 (RRH no. 37) [10]
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
60
year: 1101
initiator: Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury
recipient: Baldwin I
text: c. Autumn. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury urges King Baldwin I to consider Jerusalem’s history and to recognize how gracious God has been to make him king. Baldwin, a successor of David, should study how to rule according to God’s will.
c. Autumn. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury urges King Baldwin I to consider Jerusalem’s history and to recognize how gracious God has been to make him king. Baldwin, a successor of David, should study how to rule according to God’s will.
sources: Anselm of Canterbury, ‘Epistolae’, ed. Schmitt in Opera Omnia 5:255, no. 324 (RRH no. 37)
year: 1104
initiator: Genoese
recipient: Baldwin I
text: †After May 26? The Genoese swear to protect Baldwin, rex et defensor civitatis sancte Ierusalem and the kingdom, including future conquests in the maritime region, to the east and south of the city of Sidon.
†After May 26? The Genoese swear to protect Baldwin, rex et defensor civitatis sancte Ierusalem and the kingdom, including future conquests in the maritime region, to the east and south of the city of Sidon.
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri Iurium 1/1:98-9, no. 60. See Mayer, UKJ 1:134, no. 28 (RRH no. 46)
year: 1110
initiator: Pope Paschal II
recipient: Baldwin I
text: Jun. 9. Lateran. Because of the perils facing the Latin settlement, Pope Paschal II agrees to the request of Baldwin [gloriosus Ierosolimitanorum rex] that the cities he takes from the infidel should be subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Jun. 9. Lateran. Because of the perils facing the Latin settlement, Pope Paschal II agrees to the request of Baldwin [gloriosus Ierosolimitanorum rex] that the cities he takes from the infidel should be subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp.107-8, no. 9 (RRH no. 60)
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
139
year: 1113
initiator: Pope Paschal II
recipient: Baldwin I
text: Mar. 18. Benevento. Acknowledging the furore caused by his decision to grant churches which had previously [Turcorum vel Sarracenorum temporibus] been subject to the patriarchate of Antioch and the protests of Patriarch Bernard, Pope Paschal II strictly enjoins Baldwin, illustris Hierosolymitanorum rex, to forbid any further incursions by the clergy of Jerusalem into the rights of the patriarchate of Antioch.
Mar. 18. Benevento. Acknowledging the furore caused by his decision to grant churches which had previously [Turcorum vel Sarracenorum temporibus] been subject to the patriarchate of Antioch and the protests of Patriarch Bernard, Pope Paschal II strictly enjoins Baldwin, illustris... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 122-4, no. 17 (RRH no. 73)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
165
year: 1117
recipient: Baldwin I
text: *Dec. 1116 – Mar. 25 1117. Acre. A Church council annuls King Baldwin I’s marriage to Adelaide of Sicily.
*Dec. 1116 – Mar. 25 1117. Acre. A Church council annuls King Baldwin I’s marriage to Adelaide of Sicily.
sources: Albert of Aachen, pp. 860-2. See Fulcher of Chartres, p. 601; William of Tyre, pp. 542-3