RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1659
year: 1212
initiator: Bishop and chapter of Tripoli
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
additional institution: Templars
text: Sept. 18. Segni. The bishop and chapter of the church of Tripoli have written to the pope. An interdict has been imposed on their city, because of the activities of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John. The Orders are not observing it and the clergy have asked if they may do the same. Pope Innocent III states that since the Templars and Hospitallers are exceeding their rights the bishop and chapter have licence to ignore the interdict.
Sept. 18. Segni. The bishop and chapter of the church of Tripoli have written to the pope. An interdict has been imposed on their city, because of the activities of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John. The Orders are not observing it and the clergy have asked if they may do the same... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:688, no. 162; Liber Extra, col. 865
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2281
year: 1236
initiator: A Jewish merchant
text: Nov. 30. Tiberias. A Jewish merchant, having rented an apartment in Tiberias, reports to a relative in Egypt that he has persuaded a [Latin] official in Jerusalem to permit Jews to pilgrimage to the city and to allow a Jewish dyer, who had already settled there, to reside in it.
Nov. 30. Tiberias. A Jewish merchant, having rented an apartment in Tiberias, reports to a relative in Egypt that he has persuaded a [Latin] official in Jerusalem to permit Jews to pilgrimage to the city and to allow a Jewish dyer, who had already settled there, to reside in it.
sources: Goitein, Palestinian Jewry, pp. 300 – 302 [Judeo-Arabic text and modern Hebrew translation]; Goitein, ‘Geniza Sources’, pp. 320-321 [English translation]. Summarized by Benjamin Kedar