Crotone

Who holds it

Name

Not pinned (the Federiciana lists Crotone among the counties of Calabria; no count is named for 1200)

Title

Lord of the town

Since

Not pinned

Confidence

low

it.wikipedia (Crotone-Santa Severina cronotassi): bishop Filippo before 1159 to after 1179; an unnamed bishop mentioned in 1199; Giovanni I before 1216 to after 1223; the Byzantine rite kept about two centuries after the Normans. Federiciana: Crotone among the counties.

Lord in 1200

Not pinned (the Federiciana lists Crotone among the counties of Calabria; no count is named for 1200)

Overlord

The king, the boy Frederick, under the pope's wardship and the regency council at Palermo

How things stand that morning

Regency ground (realm sicily): no German captain, siege or raid is recorded here in the winter of 1199-1200 in the sources checked.

Wealth

Grain and the port.

Military

No figures.

Threats

• Raids on the Ionian coast

Charter

No town charter is known; the town lives by the king's law and the customs confirmed by the Norman kings.

Council

No commune: the king's or lord's officers (bailiff, judges) govern with the leading men; no council is recorded for 1200.

Communities

Greek and Latin townsmen; Greek-rite clergy.

Militia

Townsmen owe guard and service to the lord and the crown; no figures.

Walls and castle

Town walls and castle on the old acropolis (later rebuilt).

Trade and crafts

Grain of the hinterland, cheese and livestock of the Sila, salt fish; a harbour on the Ionian sea.

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. 1200No dated event for this lordship was found for 1200.Depends on: Nothing in play. Stopped by: Nothing in play.

Places of note

• Crotone: Town

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Church facts fair; the count in 1200 not pinned.

On the map: Near land only.

Primary sources for Sicily

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.

• Annals of Montecassino; Annals of Ceccano (Fossanova) (12th and early 13th centuries; Ceccano to 1217). Two sets of annals from either side of the papal and Sicilian frontier. Read online
• Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, Richard of San Germano (first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243). The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. Read online
• Annals of Genoa, by Caffaro and his continuators, with Ogerio Pane for 1197 to 1219, Ogerio Pane and the other official annalists of Genoa (year by year under the commune's authority; the 1197 to 1219 section by Ogerio Pane). The official record of the commune. Read online
• Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
• Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
• Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
• Chronicle of Sicard, bishop of Cremona, Sicard of Cremona (about 1210 to 1213). A universal chronicle whose last part is a well-placed eyewitness account by a Lombard bishop who served emperors and popes. Read online
• The Deeds of Innocent III, Anonymous (a curial official, perhaps Peter of Benevento) (about 1208 to 1209). The curia's own account of the pontificate's first decade, with letters copied in. Read online

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