Beaune

Who holds it

Name

Odo III, duke of Burgundy

Title

Lord of the town

Since

1192

Confidence

high

Lord in 1200

The duke, through his provost and castle; the collegiate chapter of Notre-Dame holds its own rights.

How things stand that morning

Ducal town under a provost.

Charter

None yet: the duke grants Beaune a commune in 1203.

Council

No sworn council before 1203.

Communities

Canons of Notre-Dame; Jews not pinned.

Fairs and markets

Markets; fairs not pinned for 1200.

Militia

Owed to the duke; not pinned.

Walls and castle

Ducal castle; town walls (their extent in 1200 not pinned).

Trade and crafts

The wine trade of the Cote de Beaune, with the Cistercians of Citeaux and the canons as great vineyard holders.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1203 (later course)Commune charter from Odo III.Depends on: the duke's need for money and the townsmen's offer Stopped by: the duke refusing

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The 1203 date is from Petit via fr.wikipedia.

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