RRR: Correspondence/envoy
140
year: 1113
initiator: Joscelin of Courtenay
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *Summer. With the agreement of King Baldwin I, Joscelin of Courtenay, lord of Galilee, writes to Tughtigin of Damascus offering a truce and exchange of territory.
*Summer. With the agreement of King Baldwin I, Joscelin of Courtenay, lord of Galilee, writes to Tughtigin of Damascus offering a truce and exchange of territory.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, pp. 133-4
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
141
year: 1113
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *Late in year. King Baldwin I writes to Tughtigin of Damascus, deploring the assassination of the general of the Saljuqs, Maudud.
*Late in year. King Baldwin I writes to Tughtigin of Damascus, deploring the assassination of the general of the Saljuqs, Maudud.
sources: Ibn al-Athir, ‘Histoire des Atabecs’, p. 36; Ibn al-Athir, The Chronicle 1:163
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
194
year: 1120
initiator: Patriarch Warmund, G. prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
recipient: Archbishop Diego Gelmírez of Compostela
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: After Jan. 16. Patriarch Warmund, G. prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre write to Archbishop Diego Gelmírez of Compostela and the clergy and people of his diocese. They are grateful for the way frater R. was received. They associate the church of Compostela with their prayers and ask Compostela to reciprocate. They dwell on the dangers and hardships faced by the Latin settlements in the Levant and appeal for assistance.
After Jan. 16. Patriarch Warmund, G. prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre write to Archbishop Diego Gelmírez of Compostela and the clergy and people of his diocese. They are grateful for the way frater R. was received. They associate the church of Compostela with their prayers and ask... more
sources: Historia Compostellana, pp. 270-2
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
196
year: 1120
initiator: Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter
recipient: Gerbert, bishop of Paris, the archdeacons Stephen and Rainald, the dean Bernier, the precentor Adam and all the chapter of the cathedral of Paris
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: First half of year. Jerusalem. Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter writes to Gerbert, bishop of Paris, the archdeacons Stephen and Rainald, the dean Bernier, the precentor Adam and all the chapter of the cathedral of Paris. Although absent for 24 years, he records how he was brought up among them and has never forgotten them. Out of love for them he persuaded dominus W. [Warmund of Picquigny], the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to be joined in prayer to Paris. He sends a relic of the True Cross, which had belonged to King David of Georgia and was brought by David’s widow to Jerusalem when, in the pontificate of Patriarch Gibelin, she retired to a Georgian nunnery there. This nunnery came under Latin patriarchal jurisdiction.
First half of year. Jerusalem. Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter writes to Gerbert, bishop of Paris, the archdeacons Stephen and Rainald, the dean Bernier, the precentor Adam and all the chapter of the cathedral of Paris. Although absent for 24 years, he records how he was brought... more
sources: Lasteyrie, Cartulaire général de Paris, pp. 171-2, no. 151; Bautier, ‘L’envoi’, pp. 387-97; Richard, ‘Quelques textes’, pp. 423-6 (RRH no. 54)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
202
year: 1121
initiator: Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter
recipient: Cathedral chapter in Paris
text: Early in the year. Further to his letter [written in the first half of 1120], Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter adds for the benefit of the cathedral chapter in Paris a history of the True Cross and he supplements his gift with another cross, made from stone from the Holy Sepulchre. This will be brought to Paris by Bernardus Sancte Genovefe precentor.
Early in the year. Further to his letter [written in the first half of 1120], Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter adds for the benefit of the cathedral chapter in Paris a history of the True Cross and he supplements his gift with another cross, made from stone from the Holy... more
sources: Lasteyrie, Cartulaire général de Paris, pp. 172-3, no. 152; Bautier, ‘L’envoi’, p. 392 (RRH no. 56)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
208
year: 1121
initiator: Pope Calixtus II
recipient: Archbishop of Caesarea and the church in the province of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 6. Lateran. Pope Calixtus II writes to the archbishop of Caesarea and the church in the province of Jerusalem, as well as to his relation [consanguineus] King Baldwin II and the subjects of the kingdom of Jerusalem. The death of Patriarch Arnulf and the unanimous election of Patriarch Warmund have been reported to the pope by letters and by a legation from the kingdom. Confirming the new patriarch in his faculties, Pope Calixtus writes that he has despatched Bishop Peter of Porto as papal legate with the pallium. He enjoins on the clergy and subjects of Jerusalem obedience to the Holy See and to the patriarch.
Jul. 6. Lateran. Pope Calixtus II writes to the archbishop of Caesarea and the church in the province of Jerusalem, as well as to his relation [consanguineus] King Baldwin II and the subjects of the kingdom of Jerusalem. The death of Patriarch Arnulf and the unanimous election of Patriarch Warmund... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 128-30, no. 22 (RRH no. 96)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
209
year: 1121
initiator: R., abbot of Saint Amand
recipient: E. pontifex metropolitanae sedis in Caesarea
text: (1121). R., abbot of St Amand writes to his uncle E. pontifex metropolitanae sedis in Caesaria, reminding him of the land where he was born and asking if he could send St Amand relics of the Passion and of the saints.
(1121). R., abbot of St Amand writes to his uncle E. pontifex metropolitanae sedis in Caesaria, reminding him of the land where he was born and asking if he could send St Amand relics of the Passion and of the saints.
sources: Martène, Thesaurus 1:351-2
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
211
year: 1122
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Venice
text: *Jan. 16 1120 – Aug. 8 1122 (early part of 1122?). Baldwin II writes to Venice promising privileges in return for Venetian military or naval assistance.
*Jan. 16 1120 – Aug. 8 1122 (early part of 1122?). Baldwin II writes to Venice promising privileges in return for Venetian military or naval assistance.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:236, no. 89
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
216
year: 1123
initiator: Hugo Edessanae urbis archiepiscopus archbishop of Edessa
recipient: Archbishop Ralph of Reims and the church of Reims
text: c. Feb. 1 – Apr. 18. H[ugo] Edessanae urbis archiepiscopus sends Archbishop Ralph of Reims and the church of Reims relics of St Thaddeus the Apostle and St Abgar, king and confessor. He does this in response to an appeal from E., regis Jerosolimorum et vester capellanus, who had come to Edessa with King Baldwin II after the capture of comes Jozelinus [by the Muslims] and had reported that the church of Reims had no relic of a named saint. The letter is sealed by the archbishop. Witnesses: Girardus archidiaconus; Stephanus decanus; Tezo thesaurarius
c. Feb. 1 – Apr. 18. H[ugo] Edessanae urbis archiepiscopus sends Archbishop Ralph of Reims and the church of Reims relics of St Thaddeus the Apostle and St Abgar, king and confessor. He does this in response to an appeal from E., regis Jerosolimorum et vester capellanus, who had come to Edessa with... more
sources: Ed. Louis de Mas Latrie in ‘Tractatus de reliquiis S. Stephani’, p. 317, note a (RRH no. 103)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
218
year: 1123
initiator: Milites of the kingdom of Jerusalem
recipient: Count Charles the Good of Flandres
text: May 1 - Oct. 31 (before Jun. 15?). With Baldwin II a prisoner [of the Muslims], the milites of the kingdom of Jerusalem write to Count Charles the Good of Flanders, offering him the crown and lordship of the kingdom.
May 1 - Oct. 31 (before Jun. 15?). With Baldwin II a prisoner [of the Muslims], the milites of the kingdom of Jerusalem write to Count Charles the Good of Flanders, offering him the crown and lordship of the kingdom.
sources: Galbert of Bruges, p. 15; Mayer, UKJ 3:1325, no. 763