Grasse

Who holds it

Name

Its consuls (not pinned)

Title

Lord of the town

Confidence

low

Lord in 1200

A consular town allied with Genoa; the count of Provence's lordship is nominal before the 1220s; the bishop of Antibes has rights. Holders not pinned.

How things stand that morning

Self-governing in practice.

Charter

Consular government in the late twelfth century (date not pinned).

Trade and crafts

Tanning; hides exported to Genoa and Pisa.

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.