The old capital of Gothia, a port town on the lagoons, split by the river into the Cite and the Bourg.
Its merchants trade with Genoa, Pisa and the Levant; its Jewish community is among the most learned in Europe. Ermengarde ruled it for fifty years; now a young Castilian viscount and an absentee archbishop share it.
Who holds it
- Name
- Aimery III; Archbishop Berengar
- Title
- Viscount and archbishop
- Since
- 1194 (viscount)
- Confidence
- high
Lord in 1200
Shared between Viscount Aimery III and Archbishop Berengar (Church map), each with his half of the town and his own palace.
How things stand that morning
Divided lordship under Toulouse's suzerainty for the viscount's half.
Charter
Consuls of the Cite and of the Bourg (first date not pinned in the sources read).
Council
Consuls.
Communities
A great Jewish community with its own leaders and schools; merchants of the Italian cities.
Walls and castle
The walled Cite with the viscount's and the archbishop's palaces; the Bourg across the river; the bridge between them.
Trade and crafts
Sea trade through the lagoons with Genoa, Pisa and the Levant; salt; cloth (as usually stated).
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Division and trade are well known; dates of the consulate not found.
Primary sources for Toulouse
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.
- Chronicles of Saint-Martial of Limoges, Bernard Itier and other monks of Saint-Martial; Geoffrey of Vigeois for the earlier chronicle (Geoffrey's chronicle to 1184; Bernard Itier's notes about 1195 to 1225). Bernard Itier, librarian of Saint-Martial, kept dated notes through 1200 of what reached Limoges: Richard's death at Chalus in 1199, the viscounts of Limoges and the lords of the Limousin, John's passage through Aquitaine in 1200 and the affairs of Angouleme and the Lusignans, and the abbey's own elections and prices. Read online
- 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.
- 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 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.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.