Vol. 4: A 1209 usque ad 1300

Marin called Slobinich from Novaki by Pazin sells half a mill situated on the road to Lindar to brothers Carstmann and Henry Heinzmann of Pazin for forty-one pounds of Venetian pennies.

Bishop Boniface of Poreč invests Count Albert I of Gorizia, by way of his official proxy Ottolino of Koper, with all the fiefs his family holds from the Bishopric of Poreč, with the sole exception of the Gradule mill, and receives the oath of fealty in return. 

Brothers Henry and Arnold of Grdoselo sell the village Medelin by Vižinada in the diocese of Poreč to Carstmann of Pazin and his brother for twenty marks of shillings. Count Albert I of Gorizia, assenting to this sale, invests the buyer with his new fief.

Boniface, the bishop of Poreč, laments to the Holy See, complaining to Pope Boniface VIII about various crimes and alienations committed against his Church by the citizens of Poreč, the Venetian podestàs, the counts of Gorizia and his retainers, and the incumbent patriarch of Aquileia, Raymond della Torre, beseeching the pope to initiate court proceedings and promulgate a swift verdict against of all who unlawfully hold possessions and rights belonging to his bishopric (original, unredacted concept).

Boniface, the bishop of Poreč, laments to the Holy See, complaining to Pope [Boniface VIII] about various crimes and alienations committed against his Church by the citizens of Poreč, the Venetian podestàs, the counts of Gorizia and his retainers, and the incumbent patriarch of Aquileia [Raymond della Torre], beseeching the pope to initiate court proceedings and promulgate a swift verdict against of all who unlawfully hold possessions and rights belonging to his bishopric (redacted version of doc. 1295_BP1).

Count Henry II of Gorizia attacks the army of the Aquileian Patriarch Raymond at the Battle of Belgrado (narrative account from the zibaldone of Odoric of Pordenone, contemporary to the event).

The Great Council of Venice decrees that, since the Patriarchate of Grado had been receiving poor-quality wine from the Capodistrians, it should be added to the instructions of the podestàs of Koper that only good wine of good quality should henceforth be sent as tribute to the Patriarchate of Grado.

Weichard II of Petrapilosa swears before Patriarch Raymond della Torre to abide by the mandates of the Church of Aquileia regarding the damage he inflicted while serving the counts of Gorizia, namely Henry II and his father Albert I, in the war between against the patriarch, whereas the patriarch, accepting the pledge of fealty, absolves him from the excommunication he had imposed on him, declaring that he cannot do the same for the destruction of the bell tower of Oprtalj, a destruction that Weichard attributes to Count Henry II of Gorizia, who, being present, declares himself responsible for it.

Bishop Boniface of Poreč invests Heinzmann of Pazin with a mansus in Tar.

The Council of Forty decrees that the new walls built by the Commune of Pula, erected on the coastal side of the city contrary to the ancient pacts (doc. 1243_PP), will be tolerated for now, but that the Commune of Pula must swear to demolish these walls as soon as the doge and the Commune of Venice command it; if Pula does not approve of this decree, the walls are to be demolished immediately.

The Commune of Pula formally assents to adhere to the decrees regarding their newly built walls facing the sea promulgated by the Venetian Council of Forty (doc. 1300_MP1).

The Commune of Pula writes to Doge Pietro Gradenigo, informing him that the city acceded to the decree of the Council of Forty regarding the newly built urban walls overlooking the sea (in connection to doc. 1300_MP1 and doc. 1300_MP2).

The Commune of Pula sends a letter to Doge Pietro Gradenigo, informing him that a new charter has been drafted regarding the assent to the decree of the Council of Forty regarding the newly built walls of Pula, as the original document was considered defective by the Venetian government because it did not include the clause regarding the demolition of the walls on doge’s request and the accompanying sanctions in case of disobedience (referring to doc 1300_MP1 and doc. 1300_MP2).