Letters and privileges
Date: 15 October 1088-4 May 1099
Original Language: Latin
Description
Relevant to Christian-Muslim relations are portions of Urban II’s papal letters and privileges, as well as decrees and canons of church councils convoked by the pope, contemporary reports of Urban’s actions and speeches (some by eye-witnesses), and fragments and testimonia in later sources. Letters and privileges are our most extensive source. Jaffé’s Regesta cites 463 i…