Digne

Who holds it

Title

Bishop of Digne

Since

Not pinned

Confidence

low

The list of Digne is very uncertain: Bertrand de Turriers is attested 1192-1196 and the next named bishop, Ismidon, in 1206. Who held the see on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

What it holds

• The cite of Digne round the bishop's castle on the Rochas
• The bourg of Digne, under the chapter's provost

How it was acquired

Not pinned; the bishops' and chapter's rights grew in the eleventh and twelfth centuries at the expense of the count's.

How things stand that morning

Held by bishop and chapter.

Wealth

A market town on the routes from the Durance to the Alps; the hot springs.

Threats

• The count's attempt to recover his rights (effective only under the Angevins)

Advocates and rivals

The count of Provence or of Forcalquier, whose rights in Digne were largely in the hands of the church by 1200.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The two-part town is described by fr.wikipedia; the holder is not pinned.

On the map: The modern commune is drawn; the medieval lordship was the two small towns within it.

Primary sources for Provence

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Deeds of the Counts of Barcelona, Anonymous (monks of Santa Maria de Ripoll) (first version 1162 to 1184; continued in the later 13th century; final version 1303 to 1314). The house chronicle of the counts of Barcelona.
• The Great Book of Fiefs, Various; compiled by Ramon de Caldes for Alfonso II of Aragon (compiled 1192 to 1194). The register of the count-king's feudal rights, finished a few years before 1200 and in use at Peter II's court: some 900 charters of homage, convention, oath, sale and marriage arranged by county and lineage, covering Catalonia, Roussillon, Cerdanya, Pallars, Urgell, the Carcassonne and Beziers lands of the Trencavels, Provence and Aragon.