Tarascon

Who holds it

Name

Alfonso II, count of Provence

Title

Lord of the town

Confidence

high

Lord in 1200

The count of Provence

How things stand that morning

Held for the count.

Charter

Consular institutions not pinned for 1200.

Militia

The count's garrison in the castle.

Walls and castle

The count's castle on the river.

Trade and crafts

Rhone crossing and toll, pilgrims to Saint Martha.

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.