RRR: Agreement/treaty
2396
year: 1241
initiator: Sultan of Egypt
recipient: Conte Richart de Cornoaille
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Feb. 8. A truce, negotiated by the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, agreed with the sultan of Egypt and sworn by conte Richart de Cornoaille, grants the Christians the territories already ceded by the sultan of Damascus and frees the Christian prisoners-of war taken at Gaza in 1239.
Feb. 8. A truce, negotiated by the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, agreed with the sultan of Egypt and sworn by conte Richart de Cornoaille, grants the Christians the territories already ceded by the sultan of Damascus and frees the Christian prisoners-of war taken at Gaza in 1239.
sources: Philip of Novara, Guerra, pp. 218-20; ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, pp. 419-21; Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:138-44