RRR: 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]
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)