Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon

Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon
Author: Damian J. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351927434

Drawing on an extensive study of the primary sources, Damian Smith explores the relationship between the Roman Curia and Aragon-Catalonia in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. His focus is the pontificate of Innocent III, the most politically influential medieval Pope, and the reign of King Peter II of Aragon and the first years of King James I. By analysing the practical example of papal actions towards one of its closest secular allies, the work deepens our understanding of the objectives and limits of the Papacy, while making clear the Pope's profound influence on the realm's political development. Marriage affairs and politics, the Spanish Reconquista, with the campaign of Las Navas, and the Albigensian Crusade, in which King Peter met his death at the battle of Muret, are all covered. The final chapters turn more specifically to Church affairs, looking at the relations between the papacy and the bishops of the province of Tarragona, and at the success of Innocent III's mission to reform religious life.

The Deeds of Pope Innocent III

The Deeds of Pope Innocent III
Author: James M. Powell
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2004-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0813214882

The Deeds of Pope Innocent III, composed before 1210 by an anonymous member of the papal curia, provides a unique window into the activities, policies, and strategies of the papacy and the curia during one of the most important periods in the history of the medieval church.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: J. Scott-Keltie
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 975
Release: 2016-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230253164

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions

The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions
Author: Thomas F. Madden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351889451

The Fourth Crusade (1201-1204), launched to restore Jerusalem to Christian control, veered widely off course, finally landing at Constantinople which it conquered and sacked. The effects of the crusade were far-reaching during the Middle Ages and remain powerful even today, which explains the continued vibrancy of its historiography. This volume, based on studies presented at the Sixth Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East in Istanbul, Turkey in 2004, represents some of the best new research on this fascinating event. With the "Diversion Question" of the past centuries now largely settled, these studies focus on three aspects of current scholarship: evaluations of the event itself, investigations into the aftermath of the conquest of Constantinople in 1204, and analyses of the evolving perceptions and memories of the event in Europe and the Middle East. Together these essays help to place the Fourth Crusade within the larger context of medieval Mediterranean history as well as larger issues such as agency, accommodation, and memory that inform new aspects of modern historiography.

Pope Innocent III and his World

Pope Innocent III and his World
Author: John Moore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 135191006X

The year 1998 was the 800th anniversary of the election of Lotario dei Conti di Segni as Pope. At 37, he was one of the youngest men ever to hold that office, and he was to become one of the most important popes in the entire history of Christianity. Together with Gregory VII, he was one of the two most important popes of the Middle Ages. In his efforts to promote Christianity and defend it from its enemies, Innocent played a role in the history of almost every part of Europe and its environs. He initiated both the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, that ended up sacking the Greek Christian city of Constantinople, and the Albigensian Crusade, that devastated major parts of Southern France and led to its submission to the French crown. He promoted the crusades that accomplished the conquest and conversion of the pagans of the south Baltic coast. These papers are taken from the interdisciplinary conference, Pope Innocent III and his World, held in May 1997 at the Hofstra University Cultural Center, New York.

Pope, church, and city [electronic resource]

Pope, church, and city [electronic resource]
Author: Frances Andrews
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004140190

This volume of essays covers themes which are central to the work of Brenda Bolton as a scholar and teacher: Innocent III, the city of Rome, the medieval Church and the urban context of the Italian peninsula in the late Middle Ages.

La Papauté et les croisades / The Papacy and the Crusades

La Papauté et les croisades / The Papacy and the Crusades
Author: Michel Balard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317108558

This volume brings together a selection of the papers on the theme of the Papacy and the Crusades, delivered at the 7th Congress of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. After the introduction by Michel Balard, the first papers examine aspects of crusader terminology. The next section deals with events and perceptions in the West, including papers on the crusades against the Albigensians and Frederick II, and on the situation in the Iberian peninsula. There follow studies on relations between crusaders and the local populations in the Byzantine world after 1204 and Frankish Greece, and in Cilician Armenia, while a final pair looks at papal interventions in Poland and Scandinavia.