Amadeus, in preparation for his departure, at…
January 1366 CE
Amadeus, in preparation for his departure, at Le Bourget-du-Lac, on January 3, 1366, names his wife, Bonne de Bourbon, regent in his absence, to be assisted by a council of seven, at least two of whom have always to be witness to her orders to make them effective.
Perhaps as a protest at the lateness of these efforts, or at the proposed destination, which is not the Holy Land, on January 6 Pope Urban revokes the bulls of April 1, 1364, thus cutting off a major source of funding.
Although Amadeus goes to Avignon to protest, and apparently receives a Papal blessing for his adventure, the bulls remain revoked.
The count is forced to demand a general subsidy (tax) for the viagio ultramarino (voyage overseas), but this will remain uncollected until 1368 and the cost of naval transportation had to be met by loans (ten thousand florins) from some banks of Lyon and the pawning of the family silver.
On February 8, Amadeus begins the journey over land to Venice.