RRR:
891
RRH:
498
Other:
Bouquet, Recueil 16:198-9, no. 198
YEAR:
1173
text:
Summer. Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem writes to Archbishop H. of Reims, describing the afflictions suffered by the eastern church and begging for help. Saladin invades the land every year. Nur ad-Din is seeking peace with the sultan of Iconium, the neighbour of Antioch, and is massing all the infidels from the region of Persia to Syria, with the intention of invading Antioch. The patriarch recommends the emissaries B. Liddensis episcopus and R. sancti Sepulcri subprior and he encourages efforts to reconcile the king of England and his sons.
Transaction Type :
Sources:
Bouquet, Recueil 16:198-9, no. 198 (RRH no. 498)
GRANTOR:
Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem
RECEPIENT:
Archbishop Henry of Reims
