Pope Innocent III

Medieval pope · 1198–1216 · Rome
Pope Innocent III called the Fourth Crusade and Fourth Lateran Council, asserting unprecedented papal authority over European monarchs.
The kit
- Rise — Pope Innocent III was elected after Celestine III died and made Frederick II king of Sicily to regain papal power.
- Achievements — Pope Innocent III convoked the Fourth Lateran Council, which mandated Jews wear identifying clothing and forbade clerical involvement in trials by ordeal.
- Conflicts — Pope Innocent III placed England under interdict after King John chose John de Grey over Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Legacy — Pope Innocent III articulated the sun and moon allegory, declaring that kings derive their power from the papacy as the moon reflects the sun.
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The ladder · 6 clues
This pope called for the Fourth Crusade. He also convoked the Fourth Lateran Council, which confirmed Frederick II as Holy Roman Emperor.
This man was elected Pope after Celestine III died, and he made Frederick II the king of Sicily to regain papal power in the region.
This pope feuded over Stephen Langdon’s appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury with John I. The Albigensian Crusade persecuting the Cathars and the Fourth Crusade were both called by this early 13th century pope who annulled the Magna Carta.
At the Fourth Lateran Council, this pope called a crusade that was defeated by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Khalid; this man had earlier called a crusade that ended in the 1204 Sack of Constantinople.
This pope placed England under interdict after John chose the Bishop of Norwich, John de Grey, over Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. name this medieval pope who called for the Fourth Lateran Council and the Fourth Crusade.
Philip II allied himself with this pope during the War of the Bouvines, who wrote Cum ex injuncto against the Albigensians and called the Fourth Lateran Council.
10 more clues from the record
During a council called by this Pope, clergymen were forbidden from being involved in trials by ordeal, and Jews were mandated to wear identifying clothing.
This man issued the decree Venerabilem to Berthold V, Duke of Zahringen, declaring that the German princes could determine their king.
This pope illustrated the sun and moon allegory in which kings derive their power from the papacy.
Pope who annulled the 1215 document.
Answer the following about the career of Peter II of Aragon, FTPE:Peter was crowned in Rome by this man, born Lotario de Conti di Segni; he decreed the Fourth Crusade, initiated the pursuit of the Albigensians, and wrote the tract On the Miserable Condition of Man.
He’s not Clement XI, but this man compared the Church to a diseased grapevine in the bull Vineam Domini, and called for the liberation of the Holy Land in Quia Maior.
The Hospital of the Holy Spirit, Europe's oldest hospital, was founded with efforts from this pope. He decreed a crusade that was assisted by Enrico Dandolo in his bull Post miserabile .
This pope laid an interdict against a king who was opposed by the Bagler Party led by Bishop Nicholas and Archbishop Eirik.
In the decree “Venerabilem” this Pope conceded German princes the right to elect emperors, but preserved the power of the Pope to reject nominees.
In addition to his conflict with King Sverre, this Pope restored Papal authority over the duchy of Spoleto and the march of Ancona in the Papal States.












