Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Comtat Venaissin
1274–1791
Comtat Venaissin; the papal county around Carpentras in Provence, which the Papacy gained through the Albigensian settlement (Treaty of Paris 1229) and held formally from 1274. When the Papacy relocated to Avignon (the Avignon Papacy, 1309–1377), the popes purchased the city of Avignon itself (1348) from Joanna I of Naples, Countess of Provence.
- Existed
- 1274–1791
- Shown on the map
- 1272–1790
- Peak area
- 2k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Comtat Venaissin; the papal county around Carpentras in Provence, which the Papacy gained through the Albigensian settlement (Treaty of Paris 1229) and held formally from 1274. When the Papacy relocated to Avignon (the Avignon Papacy, 1309–1377), the popes purchased the city of Avignon itself (1348) from Joanna I of Naples, Countess of Provence. Avignon and the Comtat remained papal enclaves within France until annexed by Revolutionary France in 1791.
Common questions
- What was Comtat Venaissin?
- Comtat Venaissin; the papal county around Carpentras in Provence, which the Papacy gained through the Albigensian settlement (Treaty of Paris 1229) and held formally from 1274. When the Papacy relocated to Avignon (the Avignon Papacy, 1309–1377), the popes purchased the city of Avignon itself (1348) from Joanna I of Naples, Countess of Provence.
- When did Comtat Venaissin exist?
- Comtat Venaissin existed 1274–1791. On this map it is drawn 1272–1790.
- How large was Comtat Venaissin?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Comtat Venaissin covered about 2,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Comtat Venaissin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_Venaissin
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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