Event

Council of Nablus

16 Jan 1120 · 32.22° N, 35.26° E

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When
16 Jan 1120
Kind
Event
Coordinates
32.22° N, 35.26° E

Placed at the town its text puts it in, Nablus.

Summary

Council of Nablus: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Patriarch Warmund convenes an assembly at Nablus, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. The prelates and noblemen who attend the meeting confirm the clergy's right to collect the tithe and to bear arms "in the cause of defense".

Council of Nablus

Council of ecclesiastic and secular lords in 1120

The Council of Nablus, held on January 16, 1120, was a council of ecclesiastic and secular lords in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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