RRR: Correspondence/envoy
232
year: 1125
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Count Hugh of Troyes-Champagne
institution: Templars
text: c. Winter. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Count Hugh of Troyes-Champagne. He congratulates him on his admission to the Order of Knights Templar.
c. Winter. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Count Hugh of Troyes-Champagne. He congratulates him on his admission to the Order of Knights Templar.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 7:85-6, no. 31
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
303
year: 1131
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
text: 1130 - 1131. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to William [of Malines], patriarch of Jerusalem [on his election?], encouraging him to humility. (Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:364-7, no. 393) (RRH no. 238)
1130 - 1131. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to William [of Malines], patriarch of Jerusalem [on his election?], encouraging him to humility. (Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:364-7, no. 393) (RRH no. 238)
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:364-7, no. 393 (RRH no. 238)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
304
year: 1131
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
text: 1130 - 1131. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Patriarch [William] of Jerusalem, recommending the Knights Templar. Replying to the patriarch, Bernard writes that his answer is brought by frater Andreas.
1130 - 1131. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Patriarch [William] of Jerusalem, recommending the Knights Templar. Replying to the patriarch, Bernard writes that his answer is brought by frater Andreas.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 7:393, no. 175 (RRH no. 238)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
344
year: 1136
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Hugh, master of the Templars
institution: Templars
text: Jan. 13 1129 – May 24 1136. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux sends his treatise De laude novae militiae to Hugo miles Christi et magister militiae Christi.
Jan. 13 1129 – May 24 1136. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux sends his treatise De laude novae militiae to Hugo miles Christi et magister militiae Christi.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Liber ad milites Templi de laude novae militiae’, p. 213
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
400
year: 1140
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Patriarch Ralph of Antioch
institution: Templars
text: 1135 – Dec. 2 1140. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Patriarch Ralph of Antioch [on his election?] encouraging him to humility and asking him to show favour to the Knights Templar.
1135 – Dec. 2 1140. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Patriarch Ralph of Antioch [on his election?] encouraging him to humility and asking him to show favour to the Knights Templar.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:361-3, no. 392
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
449
year: 1144
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux recommends Premonstratensian monks to Queen Melisende.
Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux recommends Premonstratensian monks to Queen Melisende.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:299, no. 355 (RRH no. 216)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
448
year: 1144
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux comforts Queen Melisende after the death of her husband King Fulk.
Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux comforts Queen Melisende after the death of her husband King Fulk.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:297-8, no. 354 (RRH no. 216)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
546
year: 1153
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende commending a young relation to her and referring to the good reports he had had from his uncle Andreas.
Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende commending a young relation to her and referring to the good reports he had had from his uncle Andreas.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:65, no. 206
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
547
year: 1153
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
institution: Templars
text: Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende on the virtues of queenship and widowhood. He has had good reports of her government and of her care for the Templars from his uncle Andreas.
Nov. 10 1143 – Aug. 20 1153. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Queen Melisende on the virtues of queenship and widowhood. He has had good reports of her government and of her care for the Templars from his uncle Andreas.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:205-6, no. 289
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
548
year: 1153
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Andreas miles Templi
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Before Aug. 20. [69] Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux replies to his uncle Andreas miles Templi. He desires to see Andreas before he dies. He has written to the queen [Melisende] as Andreas had requested. He sends his greetings to all Knights Templar and also to those in the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
Before Aug. 20. [69] Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux replies to his uncle Andreas miles Templi. He desires to see Andreas before he dies. He has written to the queen [Melisende] as Andreas had requested. He sends his greetings to all Knights Templar and also to those in the Hospital of St John of... more
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:203-4, no. 288