The Orden of chivalry

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L'Ordene de chivalerie is a poem from the first quarter of the 13th century telling of the imprisonment of Hugues II de Saint-Omer (also known as Hugues de Tiberiade or Hues de Tabarie) by Saladin after the battle of Merdj'Oyoum. The poem is often regarded as a pretext for exposing the rules and ceremonies of chivalry, for the study of which it constitutes one of the oldest sources.

This octosyllable poem has been highly successful and has been the subject of prose versions since the end of the 13th century. Over the years, there are at least seven prose statements of the text.

Executive summary
After the battle of Merdj'Oyoum on 9 June 1179, Hues de Tabarie was taken prisoner by Saladin. As a ransom of his life, he asked him for a ransom of 100,000 bees of gold and to arm him knight with his hand, explaining the various phases of the softening.

Hues de Tabarie accepts (except the glue that he dares not bear on the person of the sultan for fear of his guard), and the knight weapon by explaining to him the knight's duties, and the meaning of the subdument, then asks him to pay his ransom for aid to the four cases. Stuck by the reasoning, Saladin paid half of the ransom he had set himself and forced his governors to pay the rest.

The amount required corresponds to 10% of the ransom of Saint Louis when he was taken prisoner in Egypt, or the price of Cyprus bought in 1192 by Guy de Lusignan.

References

Bibliography
Étienne Barbazan, L'Ordene de Chevalerie, 1759
Thomas DELVAUX, The Blood of Saint-Omer's Quaking Crusades, Tatinghem, 2007

French poem
French medieval work