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Correspondence/envoy
59
year: 1101
initiator: Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury
recipient: Baldwin I
text: c. Summer. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury congratulates Baldwin dei gratia rex Ierusalem, on his accession to the kingship. He remembers with gratitude the kindness shown to him by Baldwin’s parents and their children. He urges Baldwin to submit his will to that of God and to protect the Church, stating that God loves nothing more in this world than the liberty of his Church. He sends Reinerius, who knew Baldwin from his childhood. c. Summer. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury congratulates Baldwin dei gratia rex Ierusalem, on his accession to the kingship. He remembers with gratitude the kindness shown to him by Baldwin’s parents and their children. He urges Baldwin to submit his will to that of God and to protect the Church,... more
sources: Anselm of Canterbury, ‘Epistolae’, ed. Schmitt in Opera Omnia 4:142-3, no. 235 (RRH no. 37) [10]
comments: [10] Anselm’s letter must have been written as soon as the news of Baldwin’s coronation [on Christmas Day 1100] reached Europe. His second letter must have been written soon after the first.
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
60
year: 1101
initiator: Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury
recipient: Baldwin I
text: c. Autumn. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury urges King Baldwin I to consider Jerusalem’s history and to recognize how gracious God has been to make him king. Baldwin, a successor of David, should study how to rule according to God’s will. c. Autumn. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury urges King Baldwin I to consider Jerusalem’s history and to recognize how gracious God has been to make him king. Baldwin, a successor of David, should study how to rule according to God’s will.
sources: Anselm of Canterbury, ‘Epistolae’, ed. Schmitt in Opera Omnia 5:255, no. 324 (RRH no. 37)
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Oath
78
year: 1104
initiator: Genoese
recipient: Baldwin I
text: †After May 26? The Genoese swear to protect Baldwin, rex et defensor civitatis sancte Ierusalem and the kingdom, including future conquests in the maritime region, to the east and south of the city of Sidon. †After May 26? The Genoese swear to protect Baldwin, rex et defensor civitatis sancte Ierusalem and the kingdom, including future conquests in the maritime region, to the east and south of the city of Sidon.
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri Iurium 1/1:98-9, no. 60. See Mayer, UKJ 1:134, no. 28 (RRH no. 46)
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