RRR:
2387
Other:
Philip of Novara, Guerra, pp. 216-18; ‘l’Estoire de Eracles’, pp. 417-18; ‘Le manuscrit de Rothelin’, pp. 551-3
YEAR:
1240
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT:
Templars
text:
Mid Summer. A truce, negotiated by the Knights Templar, is agreed with the sultan of Damascus and sworn by the leaders of the crusade in Palestine. It involves the return to the Christians of all land west of the River Jordan and an offensive alliance against Egypt.
Transaction Type :
INSTITUTION NUMBER:
368
Sources:
Philip of Novara, Guerra, pp. 216-18; ‘l’Estoire de Eracles’, pp. 417-18; ‘Le manuscrit de Rothelin’, pp. 551-3 [363]
Comments:
[363] For a reconstruction of the truce from the fragmentary references in Arabic sources, see Jackson, ‘The Crusades of 1239-41’, p. 43, note 65.
GRANTOR:
Leaders of the crusade in Palestine
RECEPIENT:
Sultan of Damascus
