Pope Innocent III (1160 61 - 1216): To Root Up and to Plant (The Medieval Mediterranean, 47)

Annotation Because Innocent Had So Much Influence On The Development Of Canon Law After His Own Time, Says Moore (emeritus History, Hofstra U.), Biographers Have Tended To Emphasize Elements That Became Important Later But Were Not Necessarily Important To Him Or To His Contemporaries. Instead, Moore Looks For Phrases That Seem To Reveal His Fundamental Views, Quoting Extensively From Letters And Sermons While Acknowledging That There Is No Way To Tell How Much Of Those He Wrote Himself. He Also Returns To The Chronological Structure Of Earlier Biographies Of Innocent, But Without Abandoning The Topical Emphases That Recent Scholars Have Adopted. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com). Annotation This Book Is A Biography Of Pope Innocent Iii. Avoiding The Many Scholarly Controversies Concerning The Pope, It Offers A Concise And Balanced Portrait Of The Man And His Pontificate. Its Chronological Organization-unusual In Biographies Of Innocent-enables The Reader To See How The Pope Was Usually Dealing With Many Different Subjects At The Same Time, And That The Events In One Aspect Of His Life Could Influence His Views Of Other Topics. This Structure, Together With The Thorough Documentation, Can Provide New Insights Even For Scholars Well-versed In His Pontificate. Written In Clear, Jargon-free English, The Book Also Gives The Students And General Reader A Good Sense Of This Pope And Of The Medieval Papacy. -- ‡c From Back Cover. Lotario Dei Conti Of Segni -- The Beginning -- The Great Princes (1198-1200) -- Curia And City (1200-1203) -- The Fourth Crusade (1203-1204) -- Jews And Heretics (1205-1207) -- Defense Of The Church (1207-1212) -- Renewal (1212-1214) -- Council And Crusade (1215) -- The End (1215-1216). By John C. Moore. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [293]-302) And Index. CONTENTS......Page 10 List of Illustrations......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Abbreviations and Notes on Sources......Page 18 Map: Europe and the Mediterranean Lands about 1200......Page 20 Map: Western Central Italy......Page 21 CHAPTER ONE Lotario dei Conti of Segni......Page 22 CHAPTER TWO The Beginning......Page 46 CHAPTER THREE The Great Princes (1198–1200)......Page 71 CHAPTER FOUR Curia and City (1200–1203)......Page 98 CHAPTER FIVE The Fourth Crusade (1203–1204)......Page 123 CHAPTER SIX Jews and Heretics (1205–1207)......Page 156 CHAPTER SEVEN Defense of the Church (1207–1212)......Page 190 CHAPTER EIGHT Renewal (1212–1214)......Page 224 CHAPTER NINE Council and Crusade (1215)......Page 249 CHAPTER TEN The End (1215–1216)......Page 274 Bibliography......Page 314 A......Page 324 C......Page 325 F......Page 327 H......Page 328 I......Page 329 L......Page 330 M......Page 331 P......Page 332 S......Page 334 T......Page 335 W......Page 336 Z......Page 337 This work is a biography of Pope Innocent III. It offers a balanced portrait of the man and his pontificate, and its chronological organization enables the reader to see how the pope was usually dealing with many different subjects at the same time