text: *Jan. 14 – Sept. 13 (Jan. 16. Nablus?). King Baldwin II leases part of his palace in Jerusalem (the Temple of Solomon) to the Templars.*Jan. 14 – Sept. 13 (Jan. 16. Nablus?). King Baldwin II leases part of his palace in Jerusalem (the Temple of Solomon) to the Templars.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:233-4, no. 87 [31]
comments: [31] Mayer (UKJ 1:233-4) treats this with caution. A lease, rather than a gift, to the Templars accords with the reported miserliness of the King Baldwin II.
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
232
year: 1125
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Count Hugh of Troyes-Champagne
institution: Templars
text: c. Winter. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Count Hugh of Troyes-Champagne. He congratulates him on his admission to the Order of Knights Templar. c. Winter. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux writes to Count Hugh of Troyes-Champagne. He congratulates him on his admission to the Order of Knights Templar.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 7:85-6, no. 31
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RRR:
Request
241
year: 1126
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
institution: Templars
text: Jul. 1 1124 – Oct. 15 1126. [39] Baldwin, miseratione Iesu Christi rex Ierosolymorum, princeps Antiochie, asks for the intercesssion of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux. The Templars, founded to defend the Latin East, desire papal recognition and a Rule. Baldwin is therefore sending two brother knights, Andreas and Gundemarus, to obtain papal recognition and assistance.Jul. 1 1124 – Oct. 15 1126. [39] Baldwin, miseratione Iesu Christi rex Ierosolymorum, princeps Antiochie, asks for the intercesssion of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux. The Templars, founded to defend the Latin East, desire papal recognition and a Rule. Baldwin is therefore sending two brother knights,... more
comments: [39] The letter almost certainly dates from the second period of Baldwin’s regency of Antioch.
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RRR:
Chronicle entry/narrative sources
263
year: 1128
initiator: ‘Hugo Peccator’
institution: Templars
text: (1128?). ‘Hugo Peccator’ [41] writes a defence of the Templar way of life.(1128?). ‘Hugo Peccator’ [41] writes a defence of the Templar way of life.
sources: Jean Leclercq, ‘Un document sur les débuts des Templiers’, Revue d’histoire écclesiastique 52 (1957), pp. 81-91
comments: [41] Probably Hugh of Payns, the master of the Temple.
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RRR:
Council/ruling decisions/legislation
264
year: 1129
initiator: Council of Troyes
institution: Templars
text: Jan. 13. Troyes. In the presence of Hugo magister militie and his brothers Godefredus, Rolandus, Gaufredus Biso, Paganus de monte Desiderii and Archenbaudus de sancto Amando, the Council of Troyes approves a Rule for the Order of the Knights Templar. Jan. 13. Troyes. In the presence of Hugo magister militie and his brothers Godefredus, Rolandus, Gaufredus Biso, Paganus de monte Desiderii and Archenbaudus de sancto Amando, the Council of Troyes approves a Rule for the Order of the Knights Templar.
sources: Regula pauperum commilitonum Christi Templique Salomonici, ed. Simonetta Cerrini: to appear in CCCM
cite:
RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
281
year: 1129
initiator: Prior Guigo of La Grande Chartreuse
recipient: Hugh, master of the Templars
institution: Templars
text: (c. 1129). Prior Guigo of La Grande Chartreuse writes to Hugo sanctae militiae prior and his brother Templars, sending copies by two separate messengers. He offers encouragement and spiritual advice.(c. 1129). Prior Guigo of La Grande Chartreuse writes to Hugo sanctae militiae prior and his brother Templars, sending copies by two separate messengers. He offers encouragement and spiritual advice.
sources: Guigo of La Grande Chartreuse, pp. 154-60
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