Pope Innocent III · Atlas

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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John20th Century · English

The reigning Pope whose intervention in the Canterbury election dispute, excommunication of John, and acceptance of England's feudal submission shape the political crisis of the period.

but it should be noted that Innocent, in 1211, released the English people from allegiance to their King.

iv richard i and john ¶

In January, 1213, by Innocent’s command, formal sentence of excommunication was passed on John, and Philip of France was appointed as its executor.

iv richard i and john ¶

On 13th May, 1213, John met Pandulf, the papal legate, and accepted unconditionally the same demands which he had refused contemptuously some months before.

iv richard i and john ¶

An Essay on Crimes and PunishmentsEnlightenment · English

Pope under whose Lateran council the canon punishing confessors who reveal confession was promulgated.

for by the ancient canons, and particularly by the Lateran council, under Innocent III.

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