RRR:
291
Other:
Livre au roi, pp. 268-72; Philip of Novara, Le Livre, pp. 77-8, 144; John of Ibelin, pp. 310, 407-27
YEAR:
1131
text:
*Dec. 25 1100 – Aug. 21 1131. [44] Promulgation of the Assise des ventes des fiés, prohibiting the sale of fiefs except in court, where the consent of the overlord would be necessary, and covering the needs of vasssals in debt.
Transaction Type :
Sources:
Livre au roi, pp. 268-72; Philip of Novara, Le Livre, pp. 77-8, 144; John of Ibelin, pp. 310, 407-27
Comments:
[44] The date of this assise is unknown. Prawer (Crusader Institutions, pp. 349-57) assumed it was relatively early. It seems to fit well with the concept of royal authority reflected in King Baldwin II’s établissement on the confiscation of fiefs.
