Charters and cartularies · Greek and Latin · a primary source for the world of 1200

Greek Acts and Documents of the Middle Ages, Sacred and Secular

Volume 3 (Acta et diplomata res Graecas Italasque illustrantia, 1865) prints the imperial chrysobulls to Venice, including Alexios III's of November 1198 with its list of the provinces and towns of the Empire where Venetians traded, the best single picture of the imperial provinces as they stood on 1 January 1200, together with the Pisan and Genoese privileges. Volumes 1 and 2 (patriarchal acts) are 14th century. Volumes 4 to 6 (monastic archives, chiefly Lembos near Smyrna and Patmos) show land tenure and local officials in western Asia Minor about 1200. Documents only, no narrative.

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Title
Acta et diplomata graeca medii aevi sacra et profana
Author
Various
Written
documents of the 9th to 15th centuries, edited by F. Miklosich and J. Muller, 6 vols (Vienna, 1860 to 1890)
Language
Greek and Latin
Covers
about 850 to 1500
Kind
Charters and cartularies

Only volume 3 was verified online here; the other volumes are on the Internet Archive under similar identifiers. The Venetian chrysobull of 1198 is also printed in Tafel and Thomas (see that entry).

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Realms this source covers in 1200