RRR:
1188
Mayer:
755
Other:
Philip of Novara, pp. 119, 192; John of Ibelin, p. 629
YEAR:
1186
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT:
Holy Sepulchre
text:
* c. Nov. 11 1100 - Sept. 13 1186. King Baldwin I and his successors establish the Letres dou Sepulcre, a collection of written laws and customs stored in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. [199]
Transaction Type :
INSTITUTION NUMBER:
283
Sources:
Philip of Novara, pp. 119, 192; John of Ibelin, p. 629; Mayer, UKJ 3:1313-14, no. 755
Comments:
[199] Edbury (‘Law and Custom’, pp. 71-9) and Mayer (UKJ 3:1313-14) believe that the account of this initiative by the king is mythical. But their arguments are circumstantial and it is hard to ignore entirely the evidence provided by Philip of Novara, who claimed (Le Livre, p. 122) to have learnt of 12th-century legislation from those who had actually been involved before 1187, although the details may have been elaborated and exaggerated.
GRANTOR:
Baldwin I and his successors
