Littere Baronum: The Earliest Cartulary of the Counts of Champagne

The cartulary of 1211 is the oldest surviving register produced by the chancery of the counts of Champagne. This first edition of the cartulary contains 121 letters received from the barons and prelates of the county during the rule of Count Thibaut III (1198-1201) and the first decade of the regency of his widow, Countess Blanche (1201-22).

They deal primarily with feudal matters–homage, tenure, the construction and rendering of castles--and lordship over property and rural communities. Si...