Leopardus[fn] Images are published with the kind permission of the Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône. [/fn] You will find here analytical tools based on the edition of the General survey ordered by king Robert of Anjou in 1331 and carried out in 1331-1334 in the county of Provence, Forcalquier and Ventimiglia by Leopardo da Foligno, archpriest of Benevento and royal councillor. This site replaces and enhances a first online test of the year 2010, http://www.leopardefoligno.org/, now disabled (https://aldebaran.revues.org/6488). Contact : thierry.pecout[at]univ-st-etienne.fr ©AD13, B 1066, f. 181
General overview of the survey Assignment letters A) Charles II to Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla, Aix, July 2, 1297 In Aix, July 2, 1297, king Charles II, in order to avoid damage to his rights, orders Giovanni dell'Acqua and Bertrand Miracla to visit the baillies and vigueries of Avignon, Tarascon, Arles, Réauville, Aix, Marseille, Hyères, Brignoles, Saint-Maximin, Barjols, as well as those of the county of Forcalquier (districts of Sisteron with the lands of the Hospitaller knights, Forcalquier, Pertuis, Aygues and Apt, including the Val de Sault), and to investigate, with the aid of registers, cartularies, documents and testimonies, on the royal property, its consistency and to which it is entrusted, and to draw up a report which will be delivered to the king. In addition, another report will be also produced, which will identify the unduly occupied goods and jurisdictions, the names of their owners, how long they have been held and which is their value. Other letters will be dispatched to local officers so that they assist the two commissioners. AD13, B 1037, fol. 1-2v (baillie of Sisteron). Edition: Th. Pécout, “Indagatio diligens et solers inquisitio. L’enquête princière, domaniale et de réformation: France actuelle, Provence angevine, XIIIe-XIVe s.”, in A. Aguiar Andrade, J. L. Inglês Fontes dir., Inquirir na Idade Média: espaços, protagonistas e poderes (séculos XIII-XIV). Tributo a Luís Krus, Lisbon, 2015, p. 65-67. Bibliography: Th. Pécout, “Le personnel des enquêteurs en Provence angevine: hommes et réseaux, 1251-1365”, in Th. Pécout dir., Quand gouverner, c’est enquêter. Les pratiques politiques de l’enquête princière, Occident, XIIIe - XIVe siècles, actes du colloque d’Aix-en-Provence et Marseille, 19-21 mars 2009, Paris, 2010, p. 329-355. B) Charles II to Martino di Agerola and Hugues Jaucerandi, July 5, 1297 In Aix, July 5, 1297, king Charles II, in order to avoid damage to his rights, orders Martino di Agerola and Hugues Jaucerandi to visit the baillies and vigueries of Draguignan, Grasse, Nice, county of Ventimiglia and Val de Lantosque, Puget-Théniers, Castellane, Digne with Riez and Moustiers, Barcelonnette, Seyne and Val di Stura, and to investigate, etc. ... (as in the previous letter). AD06, NI Paesi 14/2, register 1, fol. 1-2 (baillie of county of Ventimiglia and Val de Lantosque). AD13, B 1034, fol. 1-2 (baillie of Puget-Théniers). AD13, B 1031, fol. 1 (viguerie of Grasse; the beginning of this text has disappeared with the previous folio). Edition: Th. Pécout, “Indagatio diligens et solers inquisitio", p. 67-69. Bibliography: Th. Pécout, “Le personnel des enquêteurs”, p. 329-355. C) Charles II to the seneschal’s lieutenant, Rinaldo di Letto, September 28, 1297 In Aix, September 28, 1297, Charles II asks the seneschal’s lieutenant, Rinaldo di Letto, to order local officers to draw up a list of the royal possessions in the baillies and vigueries of Nice, Grasse, Draguignan, Castellane, Digne, Val di Stura, Barcelonnette and Seyne, and to send a report to the rational of Provence Pierre of Toulouse. AD13, B 1029, fol. 2 (viguerie of Draguignan): mentioned in the letter addressed by the vice-seneschal to the officers of the viguerie of Draguignan (October 4, 1297, presented November 7, 1297). AD13, B 1028, fol. 1v-2 (baillie of Castellane): mentioned in the letter addressed by the vice-seneschal to the officers of the baillie of Castellane (October 5, 1297, presented October 12, 1297). AD13, B 1036, fol. 1 (baillie of Seyne): mentioned in the letter addressed by the vice-seneschal to the officers of the baillies of Seyne and Barcelonnette (October 5, 1297, presented November 12, 1297); edition Th. Pécout dir., M. Bouiron, P. Buffo, G. Gouiran, J. Lassalle, A. Olivieri, Fr. Otchakovsky-Laurens, R. Rao, Él. Sauze, J. Sibon eds., L’enquête générale de Charles II en Provence (1297-1299), Paris, 2017, p. 000-000 (Élisabeth Sauze). AD13, B 1032, fol. 1-2 (baillie of Villeneuve and Vençois, and viguerie of Nice): mentioned in the letter addressed by the vice-seneschal to the officers of the viguerie of Nice (undated, presented January 28, 1298). Editions: A. Venturini, Évolution des structures administratives, économiques et sociales de la viguerie de Nice (mi XIIIe - mi XIVe siècles) à travers les enquêtes générales de Charles Ier d'Anjou (1252), Charles II (1298) et Léopard de Fulginet (1333), dissertation of the École nationale des chartes, Paris, 1980 (typewritten), p. XVII-XVIII; Th. Pécout, “Indagatio diligens et solers inquisitio”, p. 71-72. D) Rinaldo di Letto, vice-seneschal, to local officers, October 2-5, 1297 In Aix, October 2, 4 and 5 1297, Rinaldo di Letto, vice-seneschal, orders the judges, bailes, clavarii and notaries of the courts of Forcalquier, Saint-Maximin and Barjols, Brignoles and Saint-Maximin, and to the vicar of Aix, under penalty of 100 livres for bailes, judges and clavarii, and 50 for notaries, to draw up a list of the king's possessions and rights, with their neighbours and income, within three months; to record it in a register which also mentions free goods affected by transfer taxes; and to send it to the rational Pierre of Toulouse. Edition: Th. Pécout, “Indagatio diligens et solers inquisitio”, p. 71-74. Form 1 AD13, B 1030, fol. 1-1v: October 2, 1297, to the vicar, judge and clavarius of Forcalquier, presentation a few days before October 26; edition of a part: M. Hébert, “Les ordonnances de 1289-1294 et les origines de l'enquête domaniale de Charles II”, in Provence historique, 36, 1986, 143, p. 56, n. 35. AD13, B 1035, fol. 1-2: October 5, 1297, to the baile, juge and clavarius of Saint-Maximin and Barjols, presented October 12. AD13, B 1027, fol. 1: October 5, 1297, to the baile, juge and clavarius of Brignoles and Saint-Maximin, presented October 12. AD13, B 1035bis, fol. 1-1v: October 5, 1297, to the vicar of Aix, presented October 20. Minor variants, mostly concerning the vice-seneschal’s subscription and addresses. Form 2 The letter has a different form, in which the royal assignment letter to local officers is integrally mentioned, in the following districts: AD13, B 1029, fol. 2 (viguerie of Draguignan): letter of the vice-seneschal to the officers of the viguerie of Draguignan, October 4, 1297, presented November 7, 1297. AD13, B 1028, fol. 1v-2 (baillie of Castellane): letter of the vice-seneschal to the officers of the baillie of Castellane, October 5, 1297, presented October 12, 1297. AD13, B 1036, fol. 1-1v (baillie of Seyne): letter of the vice-seneschal to the officers of the baillies of Seyne and Barcelonnette, October 5, 1297, presented November 12, 1297 (AD13, C 161: partial copy in 1687 from the same register); edition: Th. Pécout dir., M. Bouiron, P. Buffo, G. Gouiran, J. Lassalle, A. Olivieri, Fr. Otchakovsky-Laurens, R. Rao, Él. Sauze, J. Sibon eds., L’enquête générale de Charles II en Provence (1297-1299), Paris, 2017, p. 000-000 (Élisabeth Sauze). AD13, B 1032, fol. 1-2 (baillie of Villeneuve and Vençois, and viguerie of Nice): letter of the vice-seneschal to the officers of the viguerie of Nice (undated), presented January 28, 1298. Edition: A. Venturini, Évolution des structures administratives, économiques et sociales de la viguerie de Nice (mi XIIIe - mi XIVe siècles) à travers les enquêtes générales de Charles Ier d'Anjou (1252), Charles II (1298) et Léopard de Fulginet (1333), dissertation of the École nationale des chartes, Paris, 1980 (typewritten), p.XVII-XVIII. Minor variants. The registers of Charles II’s survey Register District Inquisitors and local personnel Chronological elements B 1019 (44 fol.) viguerie of Marseille Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1298[1] B 1020 (24 fol.) viguerie of Avignon Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1298[1bis] B 1021 (16 fol.) viguerie of Tarascon Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1298 B 1022 (25 fol.) viguerie of Tarascon : Saint-Rémy Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla August 1, 1299[2] B 1023 (25 fol.) viguerie of Tarascon : Châteaurenard Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1298 B 1024 (4 fol.) viguerie of Tarascon : Maillane, Rognonas, Lagoy, Eyragues, Graveson, Noves, Barbentane, Verquières, Boulbon, Eyguières, Mollégès, Eygalières and Saint-Andiol Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1298 B 1025 (25 fol.) viguerie of Tarascon : Orgon Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1298 B 1026 (399 fol.) baillie of Barcelonnette Pierre Laugerius, notary and vice-judge Jean Canaverii, notary of the court of Barcelonnette (Pierre Gantelmi, baile of Vallis Muncii) January 20 - May 3, 1298/ December 29, 1298 – January 8, 1299 [3] B 1027 (60 fol.) baillie of Brignoles Pierre Aycardus, notary of the court of Brignoles and his substitutes, Guillaume Alfancius notary of the court of de Tourves (baile Bertrand de Falcone, judge Bertrand de Ansoysio, clavarius Giraud de Auriolo, notary Durand Torquatus from Barjols) October 12, 1297, February 7, 1298 (integration of a dossier of recognitions, December 13, 1296, for Seysson and Gaillet, fol. 40-57v) B 1028 (229 fol.) baillie of Castellane Guillaume Tassilis, notary of the court (Raymond de Podio Viridi baile, JeanRadulphi judge et Bertrand Guillelmi, clavarius, Martin Monnerii, notary) October 12 – November 20, 1297, then January 20 and Mars 31, 1298 B 1029 (330 fol.) viguerie of Draguignan Jean Baude notary of the court (Beraudonus de Vintimilio vicar) November 1297- February 1298 B 1030 (211 fol.) viguerie of Forcalquier Pierre Michaelis, notary of the court, and Raymond Grassus notary of the court in Volx (Thomas de Mimerio, vicar, Facinus Belhome judge, Giraud Cambayronus clavarius) October 26 – December 15, 1297, Mars 24 – July 29, 1298 (integration of a dossier, July 29 and August 10, 1290) B 1031 (61 fol.) viguerie of Grasse Martino d’Agerola and Hugues Jaucerandi September 16, 1297 B 1032 (42 fol.) baillie of Villeneuve and Vençois Jean Arbaudi notary of the court of Vençois January 28, 1298 [4] B 1032bis (15 fol.)[5] viguerie of Nice Hugues Jaucerandi 1297[6] B 1033 (110 fol.) baillie of Puget-Théniers clavarius of Puget Théniers (Anciennes reconnoissances des droictz du roy au Puget de Tenies et son balleage faictes en l’année MIIICIIIIXXXVI) Mars 21, 1297[7] B 1034 (96 fol.) baillie of Puget-Théniers Martino d’Agerola and Hugues Jaucerandi (Esta des droictz royaulx du bailliage de Teynier autrement Terre Neuve, 1297) July 16, 1297 B 1035 (87 fol.) baillie of Saint-Maximin and Barjols [.] Ebrardi, Pierre Gaschi notary of the court (Bertrand de Anffous, judge of Saint-Maximin and Brignoles) October 12-19, 1297 – January 9, 1298 B 1036 (188 fol.) baillie of Seyne Guillaume Ymbertus, Jean Arnaudi, Jacques Cort notaries of the court (Isnard Gerini baile of Seyne and Vallis Mucii, Guillaume de Tilio judge) November 12, 1297 – Mars 11, 1298 and December 1298 [8] B 1037 (200 fol.) baillie of Sisteron Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1297[9] B 1038 (72 fol., parchemin) baillie of Sisteron, with Antonaves, Mison, Bayons Giovanni dell’Acqua and Bertrand Miracla 1297 B 1035bis (165 fol.) viguerie d’Aix : Saint-Julien-le-Montagnier and Aurafrède Jean Canonnerii notary of the court of Aix (Raymond Ruffi de Comps vicar, Alquerius Camole judge, Pierre Disderii clavarius) November 21 – December 7, 1297 AD06, NI Paesi, Mazzo 14/2 (1er cahier), fol. 1-35v baillie of Comté of Vintimille and Val of Lantosque Martino d’Agerola and Hugues Jaucerandi August 26, 1297[10] No preserved manuscript baillie of Apt baillie of Digne baillie of Val of Stura viguerie of Arles viguerie of Hyères viguerie of Aix (for the castra and villages not mentioned in the previous entries) [1]. Its title suggest that it was placed ad the beginning of a group of dossiers: Regestrum de jurisdictionibus, juribus, proprietatibus, redditibus, censibus, fornagiis et aliis quibuscumque bonis regie curie, in subscriptis locis comitatuum Provincie et Forcalquerii et alterius terre regie in dictis comitatibus adjacentis, assumptus [sic] per magistrum Johannem de Aqua de Ravello, magne regie curie in dictis partibus rationalem, de mandato et commissione regie majestatis. This register is now published in: Th. Pécout dir., M. Bouiron, P. Buffo, G. Gouiran, J. Lassalle, A. Olivieri, Fr. Otchakovsky-Laurens, R. Rao, Él. Sauze, J. Sibon eds., L’enquête générale de Charles II en Provence (1297-1299), Paris, 2017 (1794 pages). [1bis]. Edition of registers B 1020-B 1025 : Chr. Portier-Martin, Les enquêtes domaniales des comtes de Provence Charles Ier (1250-52), Charles II (1296-99) et Robert Ier d'Anjou (1331-33): vigueries de Tarascon et d'Avignon: édition et commentaire, doctorat d’Histoire du Moyen Âge, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, 2006 (typewritten). [2]. Edition in Chr. Martin, Saint-Rémy de Provence d’après les enquêtes comtales de Charles II d’Anjou et de Robert d’Anjou (1299-1332). Édition et commentaires, Diplôme d’études supérieures d’Histoire, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, 1974 (typewritten). [3]. Partial edition and commentary in G. Brochier, Barcelonnette, la ville et le territoire d’après les enquêtes comtales de 1291 et 1297, DES d’Histoire, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, 1970 (typewritten). Edition in: Th. Pécout dir., M. Bouiron, P. Buffo, G. Gouiran, J. Lassalle, A. Olivieri, Fr. Otchakovsky-Laurens, R. Rao, Él. Sauze, J. Sibon eds., L’enquête générale de Charles II en Provence (1297-1299), Paris, 2017 (1794 pages). [4]. Edited in A. Venturini, Évolution des structures administratives, économiques et sociales de la viguerie de Nice (mi XIIIe - mi XIVe siècles) à travers les enquêtes générales de Charles Ier d'Anjou (1252), Charles II (1298) et Léopard de Fulginet (1333), thèse de l'École nationale des chartes, Paris, 1980 (typewritten). [5]. The register has neither medieval nor modern page numeration. This is the number of the written folios, which have been edited in the work mentioned in the following note. [6]. Edited in A. Venturini, Évolution des structures administratives. [7]. A. Compan, “Anthroponymes niçois et notes de toponymie dans le rationnaire du comte Charles II de Provence, Baillie de Puget-Théniers (1296-1297)”, in Bulletin philologique et historique (jusqu’à 1610) du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, 1965, p. 245-283. [8]. Edited in: Th. Pécout dir., M. Bouiron, P. Buffo, G. Gouiran, J. Lassalle, A. Olivieri, Fr. Otchakovsky-Laurens, R. Rao, Él. Sauze, J. Sibon eds., L’enquête générale de Charles II en Provence (1297-1299), Paris, 2017 (1794 pages). [9]. J. Stephan, “Les bases du pouvoir royal dans la viguerie de Sisteron selon l’enquête de Charles II”, in Rives nord-méditerranéennes, 37, 2010, p. 29-54. [10]. A study on this survey: M. Bouiron, “Le comté de Vintimille sous les Angevins”, in F. Blanc dir., Sainte-Agnès et l'ancien comté de Vintimille du Moyen Âge à l'époque Moderne. Xe journée d'études régionales de Menton, Mougins, 2008, p. 131-181. The register is now edited in: Th. Pécout dir., M. Bouiron, P. Buffo, G. Gouiran, J. Lassalle, A. Olivieri, Fr. Otchakovsky-Laurens, R. Rao, Él. Sauze, J. Sibon eds., L’enquête générale de Charles II en Provence (1297-1299), Paris, 2017 (1794 pages).
Charles of Anjou’s general survey (about 1251) This survey has been integrally edited by Édouard Baratier. BARATIER É. (ed.), Enquêtes sur les droits et revenus de Charles Ier d'Anjou en Provence (1252 et 1278), Paris, 1969 (CTHS, Collection des documents inédits de l’Histoire de France). Report
This atlas comes from the cartography composed by Marc Bouiron, directeur interrégional Méditerranée (INRAP), in cooperation with Thierry Pécout, François Guyonnet, Sandrine Claude, Jean-Claude Poteur, Mariacristina Varano, Yann Codou, Claude Roux, Nathalie Molina, Élisabeth Sauze, Mathias Dupuis, for the volumes of Leopardo da Foligno’s general survey; maps refer therefore to the first half of the 14th century. See the lists of districts in the Europange database. Other cartographical resources: Historical geography maps, département des Alpes-Maritimes E. Baratier, G. Duby, E. Hildesheimer (dir.), Atlas historique: Provence, comté de Nice, Comtat Venaissin, principauté d'Orange, principauté de Monaco, Paris, Colin, 1969 (coll. Atlas Belfram).
Reconstruction of the eastern border of Provence (Piedmont and Liguria), in cooperation with Riccardo Rao (University of Bergamo), and of the papal territories and Dauphiné (northern and eastern borders), in cooperation with Germain Butaud (Sophia-Antipolis University of Nice, UMR CEPAM).
Baillies, vigueries and enclaves of Angevin Provence. Baillie of Apt Baillie of Barcelonnette Baillie of Barjols Baillie of Brignoles Baillie of Castellane Baillie, then viguerie, of county of Ventimiglia and Val de Lantosque Baillie of Digne Baillie of Le Luc Baillie of Moustiers Baillie, then viguerie, of Puget-Théniers Baillie of Réauville Baillie of Sisteron Baillie of Seyne Baillie of St-Maximin Baillie of Toulon Baillie of the Val d’Oule Baillie of Valle Stura and Demonte Enclave of Séderon Viguerie of Aix Baronnie of Tallard Viguerie of Avignon Viguerie of Arles Viguerie of Forcalquier Viguerie of Draguignan Viguerie of Hyères Viguerie of Grasse and Baillie of Villeneuve et Vençois Viguerie of Nice Viguerie of Marseille Viguerie of Tarascon Baillie, then Viguerie of county of Ventimiglia and Val de Lantosque Baillie, then viguerie, of Puget-Théniers.
The administrative centres of baillies and vigueries, where the apparatus of the royal court (baile or vicar, judge, clavarius, notaries, criers, sergeants, messengers, etc.) carries out the administration of the district. Manosque is in the viguerie of Forcalquiers but its possession belongs to the Hospitaller knights of Saint-John of Jerusalem; Martigues (Saint-Geniès island) is in the viguerie of Aix but has its own lordly baile. Sospel is the centre of the baillie, then viguerie, of county of Ventimiglia and Val de Lantosque. Aix, Apt, Arles, Avignon, Barcelonnette, Barjols, Brignoles, Castellane, Digne, Draguignan, Forcalquier, Grasse, Hyères, Le Luc, Manosque, Marseille, Martigues, Moustiers, Nice, Puget-Théniers, Saint-Maximin, Seyne-les-Alpes, Sisteron, Sospel, Tarascon, Toulon.
Giancarlo Bova edited the charters from the Archivio arcivescovile (Bibliotheca arcivescovile di Capua ; Corpus membranarum Capuanarum. Collana di Studi Sammaritana e Capuana, Fonti e Studi).