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RRR: 
59
RRH: 
37
Other: 
Anselm of Canterbury, ‘Epistolae’, ed. Schmitt in Opera Omnia 4:142-3, no. 235
YEAR: 
1101
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.

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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.
GRANTOR: 
Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury
RECIPIENT: 
Baldwin I

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