Folia Theologica 19. (2008)
Szuromi Szabolcs Anzelm: Outlines of the medieval concordatary Law between 1122 and 1418
OUTLINES OF THE MEDIEVAL 311 This document was erected on June 6 of 1274 and supplied on October 21, 1275. The epoch of reign of Nicolas IV (1288-1292) created substantial change in the diplomatic relations of the Holy See.29 The new Pope was an expert of diplomacy, because he assisted as a mediator during the peace-negotiations between Philippe III and Alphonse X, moreover, Carol of Anjou and Rudolph of Habsburg. The political situation of Sicily was still a serious difficulty for the papal diplomacy in this time, because not only the House of Anjou but also the House of Aragon tried to controll Sicily. However, Pope Nicolas IV liked the Anjou-friend politic. Based on this platform, the Pope composed an agreement with Portugal which divided into eleven chapters on February 12, 1289.30 His politic was effective and Carol II - son of Carol I, recipiet sub quocumque colore sine vestra seu successorum vestrorum licentia speciali. Et si qui eas occupare vel invadere temptarent, non solum denegabit illis auxilium, consilium et favorem publicum et occultum, verum etiam ad requisitionem vestram vestrorumve successorum adiutor erit contra illos in defendendis et conservandis eisdem. (...) Mercati, A. (ed.), Racolta di concordati, I. 82-83. 29 Cf. Manestö, E. (ed.), Niccold IV, un pontificate tra Oriente e Occidente, Spoleto 1991. 30 Ad certitudinem presentium et memoriam futurorum. Cum olim inter pre- latos regni Portugalie et Algarbii ac reges qui diversis temporibus regnaverunt in eo super variis gravaminibus que iidem prelati, sibi ecclesiis, et personis ecclesiasticis regni eiusdem ab ipsis regibus irrogari dicebant longa controversia extitisset et usque ad tempus Dionisii regis qui nunc regno predicto preesse dinoscitur prorogata, tandem operante pacis actore inter venerabiles fratres nostros T. Archiepiscopum Bracharensem, A. Colimb- riensem, B. Silvensem et J. Lamecensem episcopos apud sedem apostolicam existentes, habentes a nobis liberam facultatem componendi suo ac aliorum omnium prelatorum et ecclesiarum, ecclesiasticrumque personarum prefati regni nomine, super graviminibus prelibatis, cum dilectis filiis Martino Petri cantore Elborensi et Iohanne Martini Canonico Colimbriensi procuratoribus dicti regis ab ipso ad hoc sufficiens mandatum habentibus ez parte una, et eosdem procuratores nomine memorati regis ex altera, quantum ad infrascriptos articulos quadraginta, pax et compositio intervenit, sicut per instrumentum publicum inde confectum manu dilecti filii magistri Nicolai Bartholomei de Guarcino scriptoris nostri publici auctoritate sedis aposto- lice tabellionis, et signatum sigillis venerabilis fratris L. episcopi Ostiensis et dilectorum filiorum nostrorum P. tituli sancti Marci presbyteri et B. sancti Nicolai in Carcere Tulliano diaconorum Cardinalium evidenter apparet. Cuius instrumenti tenorem dictarum partium supplicationibus inclinati ad perpetuam rei memoriam fecimus presentibus annotari, decernentes et
