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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1800
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
text: Jul. 13. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, his papal legate, that N. Famagustanus cantor, who had aroused the wrath of the archbishop of Nicosia because he had carried out the mandate of the judges delegate in the case of Magister D. decanus Nycosiensis, had been suspended from office by the archbishop on spurious legal grounds. The cantor had observed the sentence until the judge delegates ordered that he be restored, unless there was a further cause for suspension. The cantor celebrated the divine offices, but asks the pope to give him a dispensation if he was at fault. The pope orders Pelagius to quash the sentence and investigate. Jul. 13. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, his papal legate, that N. Famagustanus cantor, who had aroused the wrath of the archbishop of Nicosia because he had carried out the mandate of the judges delegate in the case of Magister D. decanus Nycosiensis, had been... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:206-7, no. c-21
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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1801
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
institution: Saint Mark in Tyre
text: Jul. 21. Lateran. Pope Honorius III orders Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, to restore the church of St Mark in Tyre to the Venetians, while the archbishop of Tyre will retain overall rights. Jul. 21. Lateran. Pope Honorius III orders Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, to restore the church of St Mark in Tyre to the Venetians, while the archbishop of Tyre will retain overall rights.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 335-6, no. 34 (RRH no. 910)
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Grant
1802
year: 1218
initiator: Alice, regina Cypri
recipient: Commune of Genoa
text: Jul. 1-31. [Nicosia] In aula regia. With the agreement of Philippus de Ybelino baiulus regni Cypri and the advice of her homines, Alice, Dei gratia regina Cypri, makes a sealed grant to the commune of Genoa and all who reside in the region of Genoa, represented by Petrus Gontardus. She gives freedom to buy and sell, import and export by sea or land throughout the kingdom of Cyprus without the payment of dues [drecture et consuetudo]. She gives a free court [libera curia], that is to say a consulatus and vicecomitatus, with the right to judge in all cases except treason, rapine and homicide. She also gives 2 pecie terre, in Limassol and Famagusta, on which to build houses. She assures the Genoese that the goods in any ship [vassallus] wrecked on Cyprus will be secure. Witnesses: Iohannes de Ybelino dominus Byruth[i]; Galterius Cesaree conestabulus Cypri; Ostus Tiberiensis; Bertrannus Bibliotensis; Galterius de Bethsan; Gormundus de Bethsan; Almaricus camerarius Cypri; Aymericus Barlays; Laurentius de Morto; Petrus Chappe; Iacobus de Rivet; Gavuainus. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus regni Cypri cancellarius et Nicosiensis archidiaconus. Jul. 1-31. [Nicosia] In aula regia. With the agreement of Philippus de Ybelino baiulus regni Cypri and the advice of her homines, Alice, Dei gratia regina Cypri, makes a sealed grant to the commune of Genoa and all who reside in the region of Genoa, represented by Petrus Gontardus. She gives... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri 1/2:172-4, no. 348 (RRH no. 912)
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Correspondence/envoy
1803
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: John of Brienne, the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Acre and Bethlehem, the duke of Austria, the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and all the clergy and laity laying siege to Damietta
text: Aug. 13. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs King John of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Acre and Bethlehem, the duke of Austria, the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and all the clergy and laity laying siege to Damietta that he has received their letters and knows how hard is their task. He has exhorted the crusaders at Genoa, Venice and elsewhere in Italy to come quickly to their aid and that he hopes that enough help will reach them. Aug. 13. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs King John of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Acre and Bethlehem, the duke of Austria, the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and all the clergy and laity... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:207-9, no. c-22
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Correspondence/envoy
1804
year: 1218
initiator: James of Vitry
recipient: Pope Honorius III
institution: Templars
text: After Aug. 24. [314] James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister] writes to Pope Honorius III. He describes how in 1217 the kings of Hungary, Cyprus and Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John, princes and counts, knights [equites] and footsoldiers, in a greater army than any since the city’s fall [in 1191], gathered at Acre and decided to launch a destructive raid against Damascus, but was ambushed by the Sarraceni and lost many men. It then made unsuccessful assaults on Mons Thabor [without siege engines], Belfort and Belinas. After Epiphany [6 January 1218] the king of Hungary left, travelling by way of Tripoli, Antioch and Constantinople. He was accompanied as far as Tripoli by the king of Cyprus, who died there, and by the count of Tripoli, betrothed to the sister of the king of Cyprus, who was forced by Muslim pressure to make a truce with the Sarraceni. The king of Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the patriarch, James of Vitry himself [episcopus Acconensis], the Hospitallers of St John and most of the diminished Christian force refortified the castle of Caesarea. The Knights Templar spent an enormous sum of money building a new castle [Castrum Peregrinorum]. After returning to Acre, the Christian army was joined by Oliver of Paderborn [magister Oliverus Coloniensis ecclesie canonicus], authorized to preach the cross, who brought a fleet of cogs [cogones] containing major reinforcements. The decision was made to invade Egypt [Babylonia] and the army left Acre by sea on 24 May, reaching the Egyptian city of Damietta. The Christians established a siege camp and took a great tower in the middle of the river Nile on 24 August. They are planning to attack Damietta in spite of its strength. After Aug. 24. [314] James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister] writes to Pope Honorius III. He describes how in 1217 the kings of Hungary, Cyprus and Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John, princes and counts, knights [equites] and footsoldiers, in a... more
sources: James of Vitry, Lettres, pp. 98-100, no. 3 (RRH no. 913)
comments: [314] For the date, see Huygens’s introduction to James of Vitry, Lettres, p. 53.
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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1805
year: 1218
initiator: Patriarch Ralph of Jerusalem
recipient: Romanus, Decianus magister and other crusaders from 'Oestergoe'
text: Sept. 14. In the siege of Damietta. The patriarch of Jerusalem commends Romanus, Decianus magister and other crusaders from ‘Oestergoe’, who have suffered much on the journey to the Holy Land and Egypt, have been absolved from further crusading [licentiati], are indulgenced, and are the bearers of this letter, to the abbots and monks of Klaarkamp, in Mariengaarde and in the city of Dokkum. At the same time he asks that disobedient peregrini who have left the crusade without permission should be forced to return. Sept. 14. In the siege of Damietta. The patriarch of Jerusalem commends Romanus, Decianus magister and other crusaders from ‘Oestergoe’, who have suffered much on the journey to the Holy Land and Egypt, have been absolved from further crusading [licentiati], are indulgenced, and are the bearers of... more
sources: Hamconius, Frisia, pp. 128-9 (RRH no. 914)
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Correspondence/envoy
1806
year: 1218
initiator: Oliver of Paderborn
recipient: Archbishop and clergy of Cologne
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Sept. 14. In the siege of Damietta. Oliver of Paderborn [Oliverus peccator, dictus Coloniensis scolasticus] records for the archbishop and clergy of Cologne, what he has heard and seen. He recounts the actions of the Fifth Crusade before his arrival: the stationing of the patriarch and the True Cross outside Acre [in castra Domini] on the other side of Recordana; the first campaign by way of the plain of Faba to the fons Tubanie, and from there to Betsaida, then across the Jordan, around the east side of the Sea of Galilee, and back to Acre by way of Capharnaum; the second campaign to Mons Thabor and the failure to attack it; and the third expedition to Sarepta on the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He describes the departure of the kings of Hungary and Cyprus, the second of whom died in Tripoli; the trepidation of many crusaders who gathered in Acre to wait for the next passage home; the expedition of the king of Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the Monasteriensis episcopus and the Traiectensis episcopus to Caesarea; and the construction between Haifa and Caesarea, on the site of the Castrum filii Dei called Districtum, by the Knights Templar, together with some peregrini and Hospitallers of St Mary of the Germans, of Castrum Peregrinorum, although a Muslim assault had to be driven off. He records the castle in detail and the expenses needed to build it. He reports that the Knights Templar intend to move their headquarters there, away from the sinful distractions of Acre. He goes on to describe the invasion of Egypt, the establishment of the Christian camp opposite Damietta, the attacks on the tower built in the middle of the Nile and their lack of success until Oliver’s Germans and Frisians constructed an ingenious floating siege engine. He records their eventual success, the final assault being led by a young knight from Liège. Sept. 14. In the siege of Damietta. Oliver of Paderborn [Oliverus peccator, dictus Coloniensis scolasticus] records for the archbishop and clergy of Cologne, what he has heard and seen. He recounts the actions of the Fifth Crusade before his arrival: the stationing of the patriarch and the True... more
sources: Oliver of Paderborn, ‘Briefe’, pp. 288-95, no. 3
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Loan/reimbursement/debt
1807
year: 1218
initiator: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
recipient: Duke Leopold VI of Austria
text: * Sept. 15. At the siege of Damietta. Duke Leopold of Austria and Styria records that the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by the master, has lent him 2000 marcs of Acre weight, which he promises to repay in 2 years. * Sept. 15. At the siege of Damietta. Duke Leopold of Austria and Styria records that the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by the master, has lent him 2000 marcs of Acre weight, which he promises to repay in 2 years.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:250, no. 1624 (RRH no. 914a)
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Correspondence/envoy
1808
year: 1218
initiator: James of Vitry
recipient: Pope Honorius III
text: Sept. 14 and 22. In the army besieging Damietta. James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister] writes to Pope Honorius and to his friends. He narrates how, after returning from Caesarea, the Christian army in Palestine built a new castle [Castrum Peregrinorum] by the sea, at a place on the road to Jerusalem called Districte, how the Sarraceni made an unsuccessful attack on Caesarea, how, after the Christian army had returned to Acre, a fleet of 40 Frisian and German cogones arrived not long after Easter and a council-of-war [commune consilium] decided to invade Egypt [Egyptum]. He describes the wealth of Egypt, its flatness, the absence of major fortifications other than Damiata, Babylonia - called Kayre by the Egyptians - and Alexandria, the sites of Christian pilgrimage in the country and the fact that it is the centre of the production of balsam. He maintains that most of the population are still Christian, if pacific, and comments on the fact that there are Christian populations in the East. He narrates how on 24 May the patriarch of Jerusalem embarked with the relic of the True Cross, which was a splinter of that which had been lost [at Hattin], how the army voyaged to Egypt, arrived before Damietta and established an encampment on an island before the city. He describes the practice of the incubination of hen eggs, the situation of the city, the flooding of the river Nile, sickness in the army, the difficulty, even with siege engines, of ship-borne assaults on a strong tower in the middle of the river from which a chain barred the progress of shipping. The attacks continued for 4 months until the Frisians, under magister Oliverus Coloniensis cancellarius, constructed a magnificent and expensive floating siege engine on 2 ships and the tower was captured. At the time of writing [14 September] the Christians, who were expecting reinforcements, were planning a crossing of the Nile to attack Damietta. Many Sarraceni were deserting and being baptized, while part of the garrison of Mons Thabor had been sent to Egypt and their castle had been destroyed, as had been the city of Gibelet [Gibel ?] and 5 fortresses between Tyre and Damascus, at a time when the Christians had strengthened the fortresses [munitiones] of Districtum and Caesarea on the way to Jerusalem. Further, the sultan of Egypt had died from sorrow at the loss of the tower in the Nile. James of Vitry asks for prayers that the Christians successfully take Egypt. In the copy of his letter to the pope, James reports that 9 ships with domnus Petrus Hanibal and other Romans arrived in the week after 24 August. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, has reached Acre with a Roman prince and is daily expected in Egypt. In the copy of his letter to his friends, James of Vitry asks for prayers for those who have died, including magister Walterus de Tornacho archidiaconus ecclesie Acconensis, who did much good in Acre; magister Constantius de Duacho decanus ecclesie Acconensis; domnus Iohannes de Cameracho ecclesie Acconensis cantor; domnus Reinerus, a cleric in James’s household who became Sancti Michaelis in Accon pastor; H. serviens episcopi Acconensis; magister Thomas cancellarius Noviomensis; magister Leonius qui legebat de Theologia in civitate Acconensi; magister Alexander nepos magistri R. cardinalis; Iohannes iunior de Cameraco nepos cantoris ecclesie Acconensis; magister Reinaldus de Barbachon ecclesie Acconensis thesaurarius. James adds that he was very ill for 2 months in the camp before Damietta. Sept. 14 and 22. In the army besieging Damietta. James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister] writes to Pope Honorius and to his friends. He narrates how, after returning from Caesarea, the Christian army in Palestine built a new castle [Castrum Peregrinorum] by the sea, at a place on the road... more
sources: James of Vitry, Lettres, pp. 101-11, no. 4 (RRH no. 915)
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Correspondence/envoy
1809
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
additional institution: Templars
text: Nov. 24. Lateran. In view of rumours circulating in Europe about the poor performance of the military orders, Pope Honorius III states that Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and others have reported very favourably on the efforts and achievements of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and Knights Templar, stressing their need for funds and their support in the army before Damietta with nearly 2000 persons and 700 mounts. Nov. 24. Lateran. In view of rumours circulating in Europe about the poor performance of the military orders, Pope Honorius III states that Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and others have reported very favourably on the efforts and achievements of the Hospitallers of St John of... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:57-8, no. 79

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