De exustione preurbiorum castri Junigede.
The Burning of Junigeda's Suburbs
In 1293 the Grand Master led a winter campaign against Junigeda, and after many were killed he burned two of its suburbs.
In the winter of 1293, the Grand Master spared neither himself nor his men, neither labor nor expense, remaining always intent on the exaltation of the faith and of the faithful. He gathered the full strength of his army, came to the castle of Junigeda, and attacked it in force.1 After many had been killed, he burned to the ground two suburbs of the castle—one on the mountain, the other in the valley.
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Anno domini mccxciii tempore hyemali, magister nec sibi nec suis parcens, nec laboribus, nec expensis; sed semper intentus ad exallacionem fidei et fidelium, congregata omni potencia exercitus sui, venit ad castrum Junigedam, et hostiliter impugnavit. Occisis pluribus duo suburbia dicti castri, unum in monte, aliud in valle, redegit in favillam.
Notes
- 1 ↩exallacionem: rare form, likely exaltatio; rendered as 'exaltation' in the sense of advancing or glorifying the faith.
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