Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon
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canon law
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Celestine III
church reform movements
crusader kingdoms
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ecclesiastical politics
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Eugenius III
Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium
Gesta Innocentii
Guillem De
Honorius III
Innocent Iii
Judges Delegate
Libertas Ecclesiae
Maiores Causae
medieval papacy
papal intervention in Aragon-Catalonia
Peter II
Pierre De Castelnau
Pope Innocent III
Ramon De
Sancho VII
Sant Cugat
Sant Cugat Del
Vita Apostolica
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754634928
- Weight: 657g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Dec 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Dr Damian J. Smith is the author (with Helena Buffery) of 'The Book of Deeds of James I of Aragon: A translation of the medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets', also published by Ashgate, and is Associate Professor in the Department of History at St Louis University, USA.
