Tournus

Who holds it

Title

Abbot of Tournus

Since

not pinned

Confidence

low

French Wikipedia's article counts some sixty abbots from 875 to 1779 but names none for these years.

What it holds

• Tournus: lordship of the abbey's town on the Saône
• About 270 possessions across several dioceses by 1119 (not detailed here)

How it was acquired

The monks of Saint Philibert settled here in 875 after fleeing the Vikings from Noirmoutier.

How things stand that morning

Held.

Wealth

The Saône crossing and river trade, the market, and the abbey's many estates.

Threats

• Neighbouring counts

Advocates and rivals

The counts of Mâcon and Chalon; the dukes of Burgundy; the bishops of Chalon.

Places of note

• Abbey of Cîteaux: Mother house of the Cistercians in the diocese of Chalon, where the General Chapter of all Cistercian abbots meets every September; it holds granges, not a lordship, and is not Tournus's land (placed here as the nearest record)

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The abbey's wealth is attested; its abbot and its exact rights in the town in 1200 are not established here.

On the map: Only the town's commune is drawn.

Primary sources for Burgundy

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.

• Chronicle of Robert of Auxerre, Robert of Auxerre (Robert of Saint-Marien) (about 1190 to 1211; continued at Saint-Marien to 1227). A universal chronicle whose last twenty years are contemporary and well informed from Burgundy and the Auxerrois. Read online
• Deeds of Philip Augustus, Rigord (about 1186 to 1206, in stages). The French court's own chronicle for the year, from the monk of Saint-Denis who called himself the king's chronographer. Read online
• The Conquest of Constantinople (Villehardouin), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (about 1207 to 1213). Opens with the preaching of Fulk of Neuilly and the tournament at Ecry (28 November 1199) where Theobald III of Champagne and Louis of Blois took the cross, then the taking of the cross by Baldwin of Flanders, Hugh of Saint-Pol, Geoffrey of Perche and others through early 1200, the assemblies at Soissons and Compiegne in 1200, and the six envoys sent to Venice in the winter of 1200 to 1201. Read online
• Documents of the French Royal Treasury of Charters, vol. 1 (755 to 1223) (755 to 1223; the archive was organised from the 1190s). The treaties and bonds the French crown kept in its own archive, printed in date order. Read online
• The Acts of Philip Augustus, with Delisle's Calendar, Various (the French royal chancery) (1179 to 1223). The king's own charters and treaties for the year: the peace of Peronne with Baldwin IX in January 1200, the treaty of Le Goulet with John on 22 May 1200, the marriage settlement for Louis and Blanche, the privilege for the scholars of Paris, grants to towns, abbeys and Norman lords, and the first acts of the king's new acquisitions in the Vexin, Evreux and Berry. Read online