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  • Record Number: 35894
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Merxadrus , Barzella,
  • Contributor(s): Morris, W. S., trans.
  • Title: The Last Will and Testament of Barzella Merxadrus, December 9, 1219
  • Source: Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291.  Edited by Jessalyn Bird, Edward Peters, and James M. Powell.  University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.  Pages 439 - 442.
  • Description: The crusader, Barzella Merxadrus, from Bologna prepared this will while near Damietta in Egypt. He made provisions for his wife Guiletta in Egypt as well as his mother Bertha in Italy.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Crusades Husbands Mothers Wills Wives
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  • Geographic Area: Italy; Northern Africa
  • Century: 13
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  • Year of Publication: 2013.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780812244786