Pope Innocent III and the minority of James I
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2000.v30.i1.494Abstract
This article examines the relationship between the Papacy and Aragon-Catalonia during the period 1213-1216. After the death of King Peter H (12/9/1213), the Crown of Aragon, traditionally a close ally of Rome, was plunged into a grave crisis. A study of how the Pope and his legate. Cardinal Peter of Benevento, react to this crisis, and protect the new King, James I, tells us much about the actual extent and objectives of pontifical power, as well as adding much information on the early years of the great Catalan ruler. It is evident that the Pope, using traditional justifications, stretched his intervention in the temporal dominion to an unprecedented extent, but ultimately the Pope was limited both in his objectives and by the actual mechanisms of power.
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