Marino Sanudo the Elder, Secrets for Those Faithful to the Cross 3.7.1b
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Caesarea

, and

Caesarae

are directly attested at Marino Sanudo the Elder, Secrets for Those Faithful to the Cross 3.7.1b. This passage was written ca. 1306-1321 C.E. possibly in Aegean Greece. Marino Sanudo the Elser of Torcello, from a wealthy and powerful Venetian family, was a statesman and geographer who spent much of his career from the late 13th century until his death in 1338 living and travelling abroad. He reached the Peloponnese and Aegean islands, Cyprus and Cilicia, Constantinople, the Levant, and Egypt, but also western and northern Europe. A learned and eloquent advocate for a new crusade, he wrote the voluminous Secrets for Those Faithful to the Cross (Secreta fidelium Crucis), a strategic manual full of economic, military, and geographic detail as well as maps, and presented different versions of it to popes Clement V (in 1307) and John XXII (in 1321). This passage describes the soldiers provided in service to the King by each barony, county, see, or other unit.

Quartus principatus est Ierosolymitanus, de quo supra dictum est. Servibant autem regi: Ierusalem, de militibus XLI et armigeris vC; Baroniae de Iopen, Ascalona, Rama, Maribel, et Ibelyn, de militibus centum; Baronia principatus Galileae, de militibus centum; Dominium Montis Regalis, de militibus LX; Comitatus Iocellini, de militibus XXIV; Neapolis, de militibus LXXXV et armigeris XXX; Ptolomayda, de militibus LXXX et armigeris quingentis; Tyrus, de militibus XXIII et armigeris centum; Patriarcha, de armigeris vC; Capitulum Sepulchri, de armigeris V; Iosaphat, de armigeris CL; Mons Syon, de armigeris CL; Templum Domini, de armigeris CL; Latina, de armigeris L; Episcopus Tabariae, de armigeris C; Abbas montis Tabor, de armigeris C; Caesarea, de armigeris L; Episcopus Bethlehem, de armigeris CC; Ybelyn et Mirabel, de armigeris C; Episcopus Sancti Georgy, de armigeris CC; Arsur, de armigeris L; Episcopus Sabadoit, de armigeris L; Episcopus Ptolomensis, de armigeris CL; Episcopus Sancti Abraham, de armigeris L; Archepiscopus Tyri, de armigeris CL; Archiepiscopus Nazareth, de armigeris L; Episcopus Sydonis, de armigeris L; Archiepiscopus Caesarae, de armigeris L; Asclona, de armigeris C; Leluon, de armigeris C; Leyrim, de armigeris XXV; Cayphas, de armigeris L; Tabaria, de armigeris CC. Summa: milites DXVIII, armigeri IV millia DCCLXXV. Cur vero ad regni tutela barones tam tenue inservirent, posset aliquis rationabiliter admirari. Sed quia reges exigunt iura regni sine defectu, imo potius cum augmento, cautum fuit, ut barones regi ad talia se submitterent, ut requirenti regi in necessitatis articulo, in pluri possent succurrere. Ducebant praeterea barones gratis, ultra ea quae taxata praemisimus, quando cum rege procedebant ad bella, decentem, iuxta possibilitatem ac statum suum, armatorum militum comitivam.

[Ed. Bongars 1611] [Minor corr. (punctuation, spelling)]

The fourth principality is Jerusalem, which is discussed above. They serve the King as follows: Jerusalem, 41 knights and 500 squires; the barony of Iope, Ascalon, Rama, Mirabel, and Ibelyn, 100 knights; the barony of the principality of Galilee, 100 knights; the lordship of Mount Royal, 60 knights; the county of Iocellinus, 24 knights; Neapolis, 85 knights and 300 squires; Ptolemaÿs, 80 knights and 50 squires; Tyre, 28 knights and 100 squires; the Patriarchate, 500 squires; the Chapter of the Sepulchre, five squires; Josaphat, 150 squires; Mount Syon, 150 squires; the Temple of the Lord, 150 squires; Latina, 50 squires; the Bishop of Tabaria, 100 squires; the Abbot of Mount Tabor, 100 squires; Caesarea, 50 squires; the Bishop of Bethlehem, 200 squires; Ybelin and Mirabel, 100 squires; the Bishop of Saint George, 200 squires; Arsur, 50 squires; the Bishop of Sabadoit, 100 squires; the Bishop of Acre, 150 squires; the Bishop of Saint Abraham, 50 squires; the Archbishop of Tyre, 150 squires; the Archbishop of Nazareth, 50 squires; the Bishop of Sydon, 50 squires; the Archbishop of Caesarea, 50 squires; Ascalon, 100 squires; Leluon, 100 squires; Leyrim, 25 squires; Cayphas, 50 squires; Tabaria, 200 squires. Total: 528 knights, 4,775 squires. Anyone could reasonably wonder why the barons were such dedicated servants to the safety of the kingdom. But because the Kings made the laws of the kingdom not by reducing but rather by increasing, it was ensured that the barons submitted to the King in such matters, so that they could help the King at a time of crisis when he asked, or in many (things). In particular, beyond what we have listed before, the barons freely led a decent body of armed soldiers according to their ability and status whenever they went to war with the King.

[Adapted from Lock 2011]

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Arsur

Ascalon

Bethlehem

Cayphas

Galilee

Ibelin

Jaffa

Jerusalem

Josaphat

Joscelin

Latina

Leluon

Leyrim

Mirabel

Mount Royal

Nablus

Nazareth

Rama

Sabadoit

Sidon

Syon, Mount

Tabaria

Tabarie

Tabor, Mount

Tyre]

[St. Abraham

St. George]

[Crusades

Geography

Government and Law

Medieval History

Military]