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RRR: 2776
year: 1250
text: July 19. Notarial instrument drawn up in Genoa by Bartolomeo de Fornari to the effect that the procurator of Cazanemico, son of Enrico Barca citizen of Genoa, has been received into a canonry of the cathedral church of Paphos in accord with a papal letter from Innocent IV addressed to the bishop and chapter of Paphos. In Paphos this was notarized by Rainaldo Beltramo.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 361, no. XXXI
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RRR: 2777
year: 1250
text: July 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the [cardinal-]bishop of Tusculum (Frascati) and papal legate [Eudes de Châteauroux], relating that it is right to support those Greeks breaking away from the blind darkness of the schism of the old Orient and returning to catholic integrity and the true dawn of the new Orient. Archbishop [Neophytos] of the Greeks of Cyprus wrote to the pope explaining that the papal legate Lawrence had recalled him from exile and that he and his suffragans had submitted to [Eudes] in the name of the Roman Church, asking that the pope and cardinals hear their requests, which were brought by envoys. They requested: (1) to ordain and replace fourteen bishops again as in ancient times; (2) to be subject to the pope directly, as the Latins are; (3) to exercise ordinary jurisdiction over their subjects as before the schism; (4) to have the obedience of the Greek clergy and people, as the Latins do theirs; (5) to be free to become priests and monks, as before Latin control of the island; (6) to receive the tithes from Greek monasteries and from free Greeks and Syrians; (7) to receive a portion of the tithes the Latins receive from the labour and feed of the animals of the Greeks; (8) to hear the spiritual court cases of the Greeks; (9) to appeal only to the pope or his legate and not the local Latin hierarchy; (10) to offer their obedience via the Greek archbishop to the legate and to receive his protection; (11) to have revoked what P[elagius, cardinal]-bishop of Albano, and others had arranged for them. The pope has been unable to obtain sufficient information about the circumstances and causes, however. Wanting to act for the petitioners but not to err, having full confidence in his legate, he orders [Eudes], with the advice of prelates and other prudent men, to investigate the Greeks’ demands and to arrange as he sees fit.
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:134-35, no. 4769; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 130-33, no. 74; Schabel et al., Bullarium, 1:381-85, no. e-42
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RRR: 2778
year: 1250
text: July 1-31. Nicosia (?). Guy de Preisseo, priest, donates a jewelled cross to the prioress of Saint Thomas between Saint Roumain del Puy and Lisigneu (i.e. in the canton de Montbrison, dép. Loire) seeking forgiveness of his sins and masses for his soul and those of all Christians. Because he has no seal, he has asked Bernard, dean of Nicosia, to seal this document.
sources: Claverie, ‘Une source négligée’, pp. 165-67
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RRR: 2779
year: 1250
text: August 1-10. Acre. King Louis IX of France describes for all his subjects the course of events on his crusade after the capture of Damietta and justifies his decision to stay in the East. He describes the Christian advance to Mansurah (Massoria), the news of the death of the sultan of Egypt, the transfer of government to his son and of command of the Egyptian army to an amir called Farchardinus; the Christian encampment, the revealing of a ford across the River Tanis (fluvius Thaneos) by a Saracen (Sarracenus), the battle of Mansurah; the death of the king’s brother the count of Artois (Atrabetensis comes), who Louis believes to be a martyr; the refortification of the Christian camp; the outbreak an epidemic in the Christian army; the Muslim blockade, leading to a dearth of provisions; and the retreat and the capture of the king, his brothers A. count of Poitou (Pictavensis comes) and K. count of Anjou (Andegauensis comes), and the rest of the army on 5 April. Louis then incorporates the terms of a 10-year truce made with the Egyptians: the release of all captives held by both sides since the truce made [in 1229] between the Emperor Frederick and Sultan al Kamil (Soldanus Kyemel), the grandfather of the present sultan; a guarantee that the Christians should hold the territories in the Levant they occupied at the time of Louis’s arrival; the surrender of Damietta to the Egyptians, together with the sum of 800,000 Saracen besants, to cover the release of prisoners and reparations. Louis states that he has already paid 400,000 besants. The Egyptians promised security of possessions and safe-conduct and protection to all the Christians in Damietta, including the sick. Louis describes the assassination of the sultan, the danger in which the Christian prisoners found themselves and the eventual confirmation of the truce and terms of surrender; the occupation of the city by the amirs, the release of Louis himself, and his brothers, together with the count of Brittany (comes Britanniae), the count of Flanders (comes Flandriae), the count of Soissons (comes Suession), and the barones and milites of the kingdoms of France, Jerusalem and Cyprus. Louis writes of his departure from Egypt for Acre, leaving behind representatives to deal with the release of other prisoners and engines, weapons, tents and horses. He describes his anxiety about these prisoners, the measures he took and his failure to secure the release of more than 400 of an estimated 12,000, while he heard that the Egyptians were forcing prisoners to apostatize. He had already intended to leave for France, but his experience of the amirs and their refusal to abide by the terms of the truce led him seek advice from the barones of France, the prelates, the Orders of the Knights Templar, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and the barones of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Most of these urged him to stay, to strengthen the Kingdom of Jerusalem and secure the liberation of prisoners. Another reason was that war had broken out between the sultans of Aleppo and Egypt, which might be advantageous for the Christians. Louis states that it is his intention to stay in the Kingdom of Syria for some time. He is, however, sending A. count of Poitou (Pictavensis) comes and K. count of Anjou (Andegavensis comes) back to France. He ends by calling for more crusaders, stating that he is particularly addressing [Franks], who are descended by blood from those whom God chose to win the Holy Land [on the First Crusade]. He calls for reinforcements to sail for the East on the coming May or April passage (in 1251), or, if that is too soon, at least by the St John’s Day passage. He calls on the prelates of France to pray for him.
sources: Historiae Francorum Scriptores 5:428-32. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 108-14
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RRR: 2780
year: 1250
text: †*August 20. King Louis IX of France grants augmentations to the coat of arms of the Teutonic Order, including the French royal lily, and gives the Order 2,000 besants and other goods.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1508-11, no. App. III/15
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RRR: 2781
year: 1250
text: September 27. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the prior and brothers of the Order of Blessed Mary of Mount Carmel, responding to their entreaties by granting that when there is a general interdict on the land they may celebrate the divine offices in their churches with closed doors, without ringing the bells, in a low voice, excluding excommunicates and those under interdict, as long as they themselves have not caused the interdict.
sources: summary Innocent IV, Les registres, 4870; Bullarium Carmelitanum 1:11, but misdated to 26 September 1251
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RRR: 2782
year: 1250
text: September 27. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the prior and brothers of the Order of Blessed Mary of Mount Carmel, responding to their requests by strengthening and taking their persons, places, and possessions obtained justly, present and future, under papal protection.
sources: summary Innocent IV, Les registres, 4871; Bullarium Carmelitanum 1:11, but misdated to 26 September 1251
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RRR: 2783
year: 1250
text: *Before September 29. In an agreement negotiated with Petrus de Terico, a citizen of Montpellier, [the government of the kingdom of Jerusalem] exempts the merchants of Montpellier, and those trading in association with them, from two-thirds of the duty owed to the catheniae of Acre and Tripoli. The agreement will come into effect with the first arrival in the port of Acre of the ship (navis) called La Baninhaira.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1387-89, no. 797
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RRR: 2784
year: 1250
text: October 13. Genoa. Nicoloso, son of Delomede Mangiavacche, citizen of Genoa, names as his procurators Giovanni Mangiavacca, magiscola of the cathedral of Antioch, Enrico da Avegno and Giacomo Mangiavacca to present to the bishop and chapter of Tortosa (Tartus) the letter of Pope Innocent IV granting him a canonry in that church.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, pp. 361-62, no. XXXII
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RRR: 2785
year: 1250
text: After October 17. Brother William of Chastel Neuf (Frater Guillelmus de Castro Novo), sanctae domus Hospitalis Jerusalem magister informs Frater Gualterus de Sancto Martino praedicator that the captives of the Egyptians, including the king of France and his brothers, have been freed and have gone on to Acre. The king cannot leave Syria. He has sent his brothers and other nobles back to France for assistance. A major dispute has arisen between the sultans of Aleppo and Egypt, which may be advantageous.
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 6:203-4, no. 100; Delaville Le Roulx, Cart. Hosp. 2:698-99, no. 2540; RRH 1192
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