The ''Cartulaire général de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem (1100–1310)'' is a four-volume set of medieval documents. It is often cited as source material by scholars of
medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...
history, the
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding t ...
, or the
Military Orders. The collection was edited by J. Delaville le Roulx, and published in Paris between 1894 and 1906. The collection consists of various charters and documents of the
Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem which are numbered and also organized in chronological order, starting in 1100 and ending in 1310. Its abbreviation is often CGOH, Cart. Gen., or simply ''Cart.''
In 1934 E.J. King translated into English portions of the ''Cartulaire'' that included any rules, statutes, or customs of the order while leaving out any charters or documents that did not contain information pertaining to these topics.
References
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* Adrian J. Boas, ''Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades: Society, Landscape and Art''
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Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher, ''The Knights of St. John In Jerusalem and Cyprus, C. 1050-1310.'' London: Macmillan, 1967
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External links
Notes 1881
*PDF scans from the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
vol 1vol 2vol 3vol 4
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Medieval documents
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1894 non-fiction books
Knights Hospitaller