Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Map 1 Frankish rural sites in Palestine
- PART I PRESENTATION OF THE PROBLEM
- PART II THE “CASTRUM,” THE BURGUS, AND THE VILLAGE
- PART III THE ISOLATED DWELLINGS
- 12 The list of Jean of Ibelin
- 13 Frankish settlement in the fief of the Camerarius Regis
- 14 Farm houses and manor houses
- 15 Administration of rural estates
- 16 Settlement activities of the military orders: the castle and flour mills in Da'uq (Casale Doc) and Recordana
- PART IV THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FRANKISH SETTLEMENT
- Bibliography
- Index
13 - Frankish settlement in the fief of the Camerarius Regis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Map 1 Frankish rural sites in Palestine
- PART I PRESENTATION OF THE PROBLEM
- PART II THE “CASTRUM,” THE BURGUS, AND THE VILLAGE
- PART III THE ISOLATED DWELLINGS
- 12 The list of Jean of Ibelin
- 13 Frankish settlement in the fief of the Camerarius Regis
- 14 Farm houses and manor houses
- 15 Administration of rural estates
- 16 Settlement activities of the military orders: the castle and flour mills in Da'uq (Casale Doc) and Recordana
- PART IV THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FRANKISH SETTLEMENT
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The fief of the chamberlain was part of the royal domain, and was given to the camerarius by virtue of his office. As the office of camerarius could not be bequeathed, the fief passed from one camerarius to the next. For example, Casale Album, which was one of the villages of the fief, was called, in a document of 1149, “Casale Album camerarii” and thirty years later it was still held by the king's camerarius, despite the fact that the holders of the office had changed several times.
The heavy financial obligations contracted by one of the holders of the office at the end of the 1180s resulted in part of the fief's being sold to Joscelyn III. From a confirmation of this sale given by Baldwin IV we can identify the names of the villages which were held by the camerarius as a part of his fief and which were sold in this transaction: Lanahia, Casale Album, Ancra, Clie, and Ambelie.
We can learn about the size and importance of this sub-fief from the fact that Joscelyn paid 7,500 bezants for it and undertook to provide two knights for the army of the king, which was half the number demanded from him in exchange for Castellum Regis.
In three of the villages mentioned in the document there was Frankish settlement: in Lanahia, identified as Yannuhiya (today Kibbutz 'Evron); in Casale Album (whose location is unknown); and in Ancra, identified as Arab 'Amqa (today Moshav 'Amqa).
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- Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem , pp. 175 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998